Meaning of Constancy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.
   uncountable, usually
2. An unchanging quality or characteristic of a person or thing.
   countable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“A little Water cleares vs of this deed. How eaſie is it then? your Conſtancie Hath left you vnattended.”

“Punctuality is a species of Constancy, a very unfashionable quality in a Lady.”

“And, I do not know that I should be fond of preaching often; now and then, perhaps, once or twice in the spring, after being anxiously expected for half a dozen Sundays together; but not for a constancy; it would not do for a constancy.”

“Constancy of character is what is chiefly valued and sought for by naturalists.”

“The overall retention rate of 68 per cent indicates a robust constancy of the linguistic features investigated.”

“[…] yonger ſpirits, […] whoſe conſtancies Expire before their faſhions: […]”

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