constancy
Syllables: con·stan·cy/ˈkɒnstənsi/US/ˈkɑnstənsi/
constancy noun: the quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
Noun
constancy (usually uncountable, plural constancies)
- 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.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount... - Punctuality is a species of Constancy, a very unfashionable quality in a Lady.1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, IV.iii
- A little Water cleares vs of this deed.
- An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.
- […] yonger ſpirits, […]
whoſe conſtancies
Expire before their faſhions: […]c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- […] yonger ſpirits, […]
constancy meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
constancy in Tamil
- நிலையான அமைப்பு, மாறில்நிலை, இயல்பு மாறா நிலை, பண்பு மாறா நிலை
constancy in Urdu
- نباہ, قرار, ثبات, ثبوت
constancy in Bengali
- constancy; firmness; stability; fixedness; the quality or state of being unchanging or unwavering
- ধ্রুবতা dhrubôta
- constancy; invariability; immutability
- নিত্যতা nityôta, নিত্যত্ব nityôtvô
- constancy; permanence; stability; the state of being unchanging
- অপরিবর্তনশীলতা ôpôribôrtônośilôta
- constancy; steadfastness; firmness
- স্থায়িত্ব sthayitvô
constancy in Malayalam
- constancy
- തേറ്റം tēṟṟaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- constancy in Kannada
- ಸ್ಥಿರತೆ, ಅಚಲತೆ, ದೃಢತೆ
- constancy in Punjabi
- ਸਦਾ sadā
- constancy in Sanskrit
- धृति dhṛti
- constancy in Tagalog
- ligo, kaliguhan
Examples of constancy in a sentence
- Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.1871, Charles Darwin, “On the Races of Man”, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. […], volume I, London: John Murray...
- The overall retention rate of 68 per cent indicates a robust constancy of the linguistic features investigated.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 124:
Forms of constancy
| plural | constancies |
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Origin of constancy
Borrowed from Latin cōnstantia.
Words formed from constancy
Questions about constancy
- What does constancy mean?
- Constancy means the quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
- What is constancy in Tamil?
- Constancy in Tamil is நிலையான அமைப்பு, மாறில்நிலை, இயல்பு மாறா நிலை. See Constancy meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use constancy in a sentence?
- Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.
- What part of speech is constancy?
- Constancy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce constancy?
- Constancy is pronounced /ˈkɑnstənsi/ (US).
- What is the plural of constancy?
- The plural of constancy is constancies.
Words near constancy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: constancy (page history and authors); constancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); constancy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অপরিবর্তনশীলতা (Bengali) (page history and authors); തേറ്റം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); constancy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸਦਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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