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Definition of Lastingness
1. Noun. Permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force. "They advertised the durability of their products"
Specialized synonyms: Tensile Strength, Indestructibility, Continuity, Persistence, Changelessness, Everlastingness
Generic synonyms: Permanence, Permanency
Derivative terms: Durable, Durable, Durable, Enduring, Lasting, Lasting, Lasting, Lasting
Definition of Lastingness
1. Noun. The property of lasting; duration, permanence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lastingness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lastingness
Literary usage of Lastingness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Discourses Upon the Existence and Attributes of God by Stephen Charnock, William Symington (1874)
"As none can convey good with a perpetuity, so none can convey evil with such a
lastingness as God. It is a great loss to lose a ship richly fraught in the ..."
2. The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier: Comprising a General Description of the by Richard Mason, Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy, John Stuart Skinner (1866)
"A. low coupling in the back, is a true mark of weak aess; it denotes want of
strength, lastingness, ability to carry weight, or speed. ..."
3. The Gentleman's New Pocket Farrier: Comprising a General Description of the by Richard Mason, Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy (1841)
"But a rising loin, of ability to carry weight, speed, activity, and lastingness,
and a good constitution, symmetry, beauty, and muscular strength. ..."
4. Latin Synonyms with Their Different Significations and Examples Taken from by Jean Baptiste Gardin Dumesnil, J. M. Gossett (1809)
"... distance or remoteness of'place; long continuance and lastingness of time.
... Speaking of lastingness, it expresses a time lenger than longus does. ..."
5. The Popular History of England by Charles Knight (1880)
"The " firm stateliness," the " exceeding lastingness," became of secondary
importance when the lord of the house and his retainers had ceased to dine in the ..."
6. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1877)
"... (L:) and simply continuance, permanence, lastingness, duration, or endurance.
... is not to tlie present state of existence] lastingness, or endurance. ..."
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