Synonyms for fastness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fast-nis, fahst- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæst nɪs, ˈfɑst- |
Définition of fastness
Origin :- "a place not easily forced, a stronghold," late Old English fæstnes, from fast (adj.) in its older sense of "firm, fixed in place" + -ness.
- noun swiftness
- His spirit retired far into its fastness, taking with it all his energies.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Hardened men with a hardened code, they lived in their fastness like Ishmaelites.
- Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman
- He advised a retreat for the night, and an attack on Walter when he should have left the fastness.
- Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
- What is meant by the expression “fastness of color of two fabrics”?
- Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley
- I did not come to you and say, 'Let me beard the cook in her fastness.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1914 » by Various
- The outlaws had chosen to take him to their fastness in the hills.
- Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine
- It was their fastness, their fortress, and often their home.
- Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.
- Steaming turns the shade greener and darker, and increases the fastness.
- Extract from : « The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics » by Franklin Beech
- It increases the fastness of the colours to washing and soaping.
- Extract from : « The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics » by Franklin Beech
- The direct blues as a rule have a good degree of fastness to light.
- Extract from : « The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics » by Franklin Beech
Antonyms for fastness
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