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Grammar : Noun
Spell : fikst
Phonetic Transcription : fɪkst



Definition of fixedness

Origin :
  • "position from which it is difficult to move," 1809, American English, from fix (v.). Meaning "dose of narcotic" is from 1934, shortened from fix-up (1867, originally in reference to liquor).
  • As in firmness : noun stiffness
  • As in firmness : noun resolution, resolve
Example sentences :
  • The cat looked at him with great round eyes that were diabolical in their fixedness.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • The great defect of both his constitutions is the fixedness which he seeks to impress upon them.
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • Save for the stain on his breast and the fixedness of his eyes, he might have been sleeping.
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • And he had the mouth women put faith in for decision and fixedness.
  • Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Japanese character is lacking in steadfastness and fixedness of purpose.
  • Extract from : « The Gist of Japan » by R. B. Peery
  • This gave assurance to the heart, and fixedness to all the thoughts.
  • Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Leviticus » by C. H. Mackintosh
  • The grooves of society are often narrow and rigid with the fixedness of centuries.
  • Extract from : « A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. » by William Chauncey Bartlett
  • His fixedness of purpose is shown by an anecdote of his boyhood.
  • Extract from : « How to Appreciate Music » by Gustav Kobb
  • He had no strength of will, no fixedness of purpose, no depth of conviction.
  • Extract from : « Valeria » by William Henry Withrow
  • Cyrus Spradling studied him with a keen, but not unkindly, fixedness of gaze.
  • Extract from : « The Tempering » by Charles Neville Buck

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