hardfast
/ˈhɑːdfɑːst/ /ˈhɑːdfast/adjective
1Firm, tight; made immobile, fixed, or secure. Now rare.
2Of a rule, principle, etc.: fixed, unwavering, or inflexible.
Origin
Mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). From hard + fast, perhaps as a shortening of hard and fast.
- advanced subsidiary level
- Advanced Supplementary
- advance freight
- advance growth
- advance guard
- advance man
- advancement
- advance note
- advance notice
- advance party
- advance price
- advance proofs
- advancer
- advance sheets
- advancingly
- advantage
- advantage court
- advantaged
- advantage game
- advantage ground
- advantage law
- advantage line
- advantageous
- advantageously
- advantageousness