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
- soothfastly adverb
- soothfastness noun
Etymology
Origin of soothfast
before 900; Middle English sothfast, Old English sōthfæst. See sooth, fast 1
Example Sentences
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"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 Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Hear then, O my mother, what this abominable one did, and all I shall tell thee will be soothfast and certain.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
After a while he recovered and asked the Khwajah, "Say me, be these words of thine soothfast or false?"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Know, O my son, that truth hath shown it soothfast and the concealed hath been revealed!
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
An this tale be soothfast, then am I Mohsin and thou art Musa the Malignant.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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