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lastingness

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last·ing  (lstng)
adj.
Continuing or remaining for a long time; enduring: a lasting peace.
n.
A sturdy twilled fabric.
lasting·ly adv.
lasting·ness n.
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Noun1.lastingness - permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products"
durability, enduringness, strength
tensile strength - the strength of material expressed as the greatest longitudinal stress it can bear without tearing apart
indestructibility - the strength to resist destruction
permanence, permanency - the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration
persistence, continuity - the property of a continuous and connected period of time
changelessness - the property of remaining unchanged
everlastingness - the property of lasting forever
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For five cents I could buy five "cannon-balls"--big lumps of the most delicious lastingness.
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He had not been inside the Museum, actually, since he and Hilda used to meet there; sometimes to set out for gay adventures at Twickenham or Richmond, sometimes to linger about the place for a while and to ponder by Lord Elgin's marbles upon the lastingness of some things, or, in the mummy room, upon the awful brevity of others.
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