constancy
Collocations
4ADJ.
unfashionable
VERB + CONSTANCY
know
CONSTANCY + NOUN
tragedy
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
A little Water cleares vs of this deed. How eaſie is it then? your Conſtancie Hath left you vnattended.
Punctuality is a species of Constancy, a very unfashionable quality in a Lady.
An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.
[…] yonger ſpirits, […] whoſe conſtancies Expire before their faſhions: […]
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the quality of being enduring and free from change or variat
Antonyms
- inconstancy
- changefulness
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5A little Water cleares vs of this deed. How eaſie is it then? your Conſtancie Hath left you vnattended.
WiktionaryPunctuality is a species of Constancy, a very unfashionable quality in a Lady.
WiktionaryAnd, I do not know that I should be fond of preaching often; now and then, perhaps, once or twice in the spring, after being anxiously expected for half a dozen Sundays together; but not for a constan
WiktionaryDripping water wears away a stone not with its strength, but with its constancy.
Tatoeba · #664083In Daoism, to not know constancy is a tragedy.
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