† groundednessn.
Obsolete. rare.
The quality or condition of being grounded or firmly established.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun]
stablenessa1300
tack1412
steadfastnessc1450
surenessc1450
stability1470
radicationa1500
constance1509
steadiness1530
certitudea1533
firmance1533
staidness1556
establishment1561
settledness1571
settling1582
state1597
groundedness1601
inviscerationa1631
setness1642
unmalleableness1644
fixedness1647
poise1649
inveteracy1716
well-foundedness1735
fixity1791
unmalleability1828
deep-rootedness1860
instatement1877
steady state1885
hard and fastness1897
1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 259 I iudge these to be most sound and infallible [euidences of a mans saluation]..Assured faith in the promises... Groundednesse in the truth.
1744 T. Birch Life R. Boyle 41 Philaretus derived from this anxiety the advantage of groundedness in his religion.
1826 J. Bentham in Westm. Rev. 6 454 In proof of its well-groundedness I call two witnesses.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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