soothfast
Americanadjective
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based on the truth; true.
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truthful; veracious.
adjective
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truthful
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loyal; true
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of soothfast
before 900; Middle English sothfast, Old English sōthfæst. See sooth, fast 1
Example Sentences
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It is a good and soothfast saw; Half-roasted never will be raw; No dough is dried once more to meal.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke
"Min Hakk" has occurred page 183, where the text, quoted in the note, may perhaps be translated: "Of a truth, is this saying soothfast?"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
"Ay: the ladies may laugh," added his wife, "but 'tis soothfast for all that."
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Then he ends this preface with a prayer that God will give him grace, "so that I say naught but soothfast thing."
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
The true spouse of our soul is God, and then are we truly coupled unto Him, when we draw near Him by hope and soothfast love.
From The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 by Edmund Garratt Gardner
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