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Fixedness

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fixed  (fkst)
adj.
1. Firmly in position; stationary.
2. Determined; established; set: at a fixed time; a fixed price.
3. Not subject to change or variation; constant: pensioners on a fixed income.
4. Chemistry
a. Not readily evaporating; nonvolatile.
b. Being in a stable, combined form: fixed nitrogen.
5.
a. Firmly, often dogmatically held: fixed beliefs.
b. Persistently occurring in the mind; obsessive: a fixed, delusive notion.
6. Supplied, especially with funds or needs. Often used in combination: a well-fixed bachelor.
7. Illegally prearranged as to outcome: a fixed election.
fixed·ly (fksd-l) adv.
fixed·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fixedness - remaining in place
immobility, stationariness
lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness - a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue"
rootage - fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith"
2.fixedness - the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
fixity, fastness, secureness, fixture
immovability, immovableness - not capable of being moved or rearranged
lodgement, lodging, lodgment - the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
looseness - the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
3.Fixednessfixedness - the quality of being fixed and unchangeable; "the fixedness of his gaze upset her"
unalterability
unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged


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There was a certain want of fixedness of purpose which she had certainly not noticed before--a quick, spasmodic utterance which belongs rather to the insane than to those of intellectual equilibrium.
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
In the car, the doctor, completely overwhelmed, sat with his arms folded on his breast, gazing with idiotic fixedness upon some imaginary point in space.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
Gliding along the silent streets, and holding his course where they were darkest and most gloomy, the man who had left the widow's house crossed London Bridge, and arriving in the City, plunged into the backways, lanes, and courts, between Cornhill and Smithfield; with no more fixedness of purpose than to lose himself among their windings, and baffle pursuit, if any one were dogging his steps.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
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