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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-stuhn-see
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn stən si



Definition of constancy

Origin :
  • 1520s, from constance + -cy.
  • noun fixedness
Example sentences :
  • And this constancy forms the very essence of necessity, nor have we any other idea of it.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • The necessity of dying created all the constancy of philosophers.
  • Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
  • Clearly their constancy to this metre was not the result of any technical deficiency.
  • Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater
  • The constancy of his companions braced Madden like a dash of ice water.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • All depends on the completeness and constancy with which the make-believe is supported.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • Maybe you have another reason for constancy; possibly the young lady has a fortune?
  • Extract from : « The Contrast » by Royall Tyler
  • In the strength of his constancy, the Pyramids seem to him recent and transitory.
  • Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Think you her faithfulness to him is the constancy of a woman to her lover?
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It is but the constancy to a word, to the wishes of her father.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • You have shown the tender grandeur of their love, the endurance of their constancy.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Helen Jackson

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