solidity

American  

[suh-lid-i-tee] / səˈlɪd ɪ ti /

noun

1. the state, property, or quality of being solid.

2. firmness and strength; substantialness.

   an argument with little solidity.

3. strength of mind, character, finances, etc.

4. Obsolete. the amount of space occupied by a solid body; volume.

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Other Word Forms

• unsolidity
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of solidity

1525–35; < Latin soliditās, equivalent to solid ( us ) solid + -itās -ity

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Example Sentences

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solidity

He has primarily been deployed as a right-sided wing-back in Alonso's 3-4-2-1 system, with his Premier League experience and greater defensive solidity compared to Estevao seemingly winning over the Spaniard.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Self-Portrait, Age 23” reveals itself through paradoxical tensions: solicitation and rebuttal, self-assuredness and humility, innocence and knowing, solidity and dissolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But it also has a purposeful solidity, announced by a snippet of an interview with jazz legend Chick Corea that leads into the nostalgic “Summer Clothes.”

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

OpenAI is bringing in about $20 billion less in annualized revenue than investors had been led to believe, the Financial Times reported Thursday, raising questions about the solidity of the AI business.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

He threw another stone up and connected again, this time with satisfying solidity.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

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