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firmnesses

firmnesses is the plural of firmness.

Meaning of firmness

Noun

firmness (countable and uncountable, plural firmnesses)

  1. security; steadfastness; good grip
  2. strictness; mental strength
    • But many a man who would have stood within a home dismantled, strong in his passion and design of vengeance, has had the firmness of his nature conquered by the razing of an air–built castle.1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 23, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC
  3. physical durability; rigidness (of material)

Questions about firmnesses

What is firmnesses the plural of?
Firmnesses is the plural of firmness.

Words near firmnesses in the dictionary

  1. firmless
  2. firmlier
  3. firmliest
  4. firmly
  5. firmness
  6. firmnesses
  7. firmographic
  8. firmographics
  9. firmoss
  10. firmosses
  11. firms

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