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
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Etymology
Origin of soothfast
before 900; Middle English sothfast, Old English sōthfæst. See sooth, fast 1
Example Sentences
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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)
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
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 Cooke, George Willis
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)
But Zayn al-Asnam replied, "O mother mine, verily this Shaykh is soothfast and no liar: for the first time he but tried me and now he proposeth to perform his promise."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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