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soothfast
adj 2adv 1
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1VERB + SOOTHFAST
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adj
1
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; […]
2
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."
adv
1
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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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”; […]
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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; […]
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“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.
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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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