abiding
continuing without change; enduring; steadfast: an abiding faith.
Origin of abiding
1Other words for abiding
Other words from abiding
- a·bid·ing·ly, adverb
- a·bid·ing·ness, noun
- non·a·bid·ing, adjective
- non·a·bid·ing·ly, adverb
- non·a·bid·ing·ness, noun
- un·a·bid·ing, adjective
- un·a·bid·ing·ly, adverb
- un·a·bid·ing·ness, noun
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How to use abiding in a sentence
Not one book but the great tragedies of Shakespeare—the most profound and beautiful of literary works and abidingly contemporary.
The result, however, was that the impression he had received sank deeper and more abidingly as time went on.
Ralph Wilton's weird | Mrs. AlexanderThe noblest and most gifted men and women are alone supremely interesting and abidingly memorable.
Education and the Higher Life | J. L. SpaldingGod grant that the writer and the reader may abidingly realize its motive power.
Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II | Charles Henry MackintoshAn early and abidingly fortunate contact was that with his father, who was also a "filosofer."
The Critical Game | John Albert Macy
But in this case the moral sting of what had happened was abidingly sharp and painful.
Lady Connie | Mrs. Humphry Ward
British Dictionary definitions for abiding
/ (əˈbaɪdɪŋ) /
permanent; enduring: an abiding belief
Derived forms of abiding
- abidingly, adverb
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