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Definition of fixedness :
1. The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold.
2. The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness.
Synonyms:
regular, mend, fixture, fastness, swiftness, fixing, reparation, fix, mending, repair, stationariness, stronghold, speed, habitue, unalterability, fixity, secureness, immutableness
motionlessness (part of speech: noun)
motionlessness, quietness, calmness, dormancy, inertness, deadness, languor, inactivity, idleness, stagnancy, immobility, stillness, tranquility, rest
permanence (part of speech: noun)
everlastingness, abidingness, permanence, immutability, lastingness, perpetuity, constancy, endurance, persistency
Usage examples:
- But he possessed an indomitable energy, and unwavering fixedness of purpose, a profound contempt for luxury and wealth, and a stoical indifference to reputation and to personal indulgence, which secured to him more and more of an ascendency, until, at the name of Robespierre, all France trembled. - "Madame Roland, Makers of History", John S. C. Abbott.
- This was sorry comfort, and I fear that my laugh was anything but honest, while Mrs. Yocomb stared out of the window, at which she sat fanning herself, with a fixedness that I well understood. - "A Day Of Fate", E. P. Roe.
- Radical stress denotes, as it were, an involuntary state of energy; final stress, the energy or fixedness of resolve. - "The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886", Ministry of Education.