soothfast
adjective
based on the truth; true.
soothfastness
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a word derived from
soothfast.
Example Sentences
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Lo, I have told thee in this matter a little, as me thinketh; not affirming that this sufficeth, nor that this is the soothfastness in this matter.
From The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 by Edmund Garratt Gardner
In no manner of feigning or flattering, but in soothfastness of good love and clean charity.
From The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises by Geraldine Emma Hodgson
And after such fashion he continued weeping and wailing till he swooned away for excess of sobbing and lamentation; wherefor Alaeddin's mother was certified of his soothfastness.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
He cried, "An ye would have pardon from Allah and me, you are bound to tell me the truth, for nothing shall save you from me but soothfastness."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton
These things thou wouldest wete of me; but, soothly, I cannot tell thee for a surety the soothfastness of this matter; nevertheless somewhat, as me thinketh, I shall shew thee in a short word.
From The Cell of Self-Knowledge : seven early English mystical treatises printed by Henry Pepwell in 1521 by Edmund Garratt Gardner
