soothfast

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Actual

   Actual; real.

   • So she brought him the China bowl saying in herself, “I shall know what to do when I find out if the words of my child concerning these jewels be soothfast or not”; […]
   • But her brother has taken and joined their hands, And so soothfast was the kiss — So dear love's due to her lips so true — She had like to have died of bliss; […]
   • “I'll take your word for it,” said he, with another glance at a very soothfast mask that came down on as sweet a pair of lips as ever man took craving for.
2. 2

   Based on the truth, true

   Based on the truth, true; faithful; honest, veracious

   • Why do not you […] bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience?
   • "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."
   • But he said to her, “Nay, mother mine, indeed he is soothfast and lieth not; for that, in the first of his dealing, he tried me and now his intent is to accomplish unto me his promise.”
3. 3

   Actually

   Actually; truthfully.

   • I care not if the pomps you show / Be what they soothfast appear, / Or if yon realms in sunset glow / Be bubbles of the atmosphere.

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