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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But in spite of Barbour's prayer to be kept from saying "ought but soothfast thing," we must not take The Bruce too seriously.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)
This Physician is a master leach and his saying is soothfast.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
My word shall give Whate'er can 'stablish this my soothfast tale.
From Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)
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 Gardner, Edmund Garratt
Stoop not then to poor excuse; Turn on the accuser roundly; say, 'Here am I, here will I abide Forever to myself soothfast; Go thou, sweet Heaven, or at thy pleasure stay!'
From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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