immovable
adjective
incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
immovableness
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a word derived from
immovable.
Example Sentences
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"You see, he sits there in solemn silence looking so tremendously wise that most men feel foolish if they speak, while as for doing anything the idea appears preposterous, in the face of his immovableness."
From The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills by Ralph Connor
The highest demand of the Parnassian school, impassibilité, an immovableness as of bronze, is the antithesis of his stormy temperament, which drives him along to a wild rhythm, not to harmony.
From ?mile Verhaeren by Stefan Zweig
"I know better," retorts the critic, settling himself in his seat, with sullen but self-complacent immovableness.
From Main Street (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") by Nathaniel Hawthorne
He could impress a marble-like immovableness upon his features, which no scrutiny could penetrate.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
The immovableness of the trustful man is not all unlike the calmness of the trusted God; and the steadfastness of the one is a reflex of the unchangeableness of the other.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Alexander Maclaren
