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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Soothfast

· Sooth·fast · IPA
01 a. Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful.
  1. 1.
    Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful.[Archaic]
    “Why do not you . . . bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience!” — Sir W. Scott.
02 adv. Soothly; really; in fact.
  1. 1.
    Soothly; really; in fact.[Archaic]
    “I care not if the pomps you show Be what they soothfast appear.” — Emerson.