soothfast

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soothfast

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From Middle English sothfast, from Old English sōþfæst (“true, trustworthy”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþafast. Equivalent to sooth + fast.

adjective

archaic Actual; real. So she brought him the China bowl saying in herself, “I shall know what to do when I find out if the words of my child concerning these jewels be soothfast or not”; […]
archaic Based on the truth, true; faithful; honest, veracious Why do not you […] bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience?

adverb

obsolete Actually; truthfully. I care not if the pomps you show / Be what they soothfast appear, / Or if yon realms in sunset glow / Be bubbles of the atmosphere.
Similar: above a bit, actually, all things considered, as a matter of fact, by right, certainly, come to think of it, de facto, definitely, de jure, fact is, forsooth

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@misc{soothfast_2026,
  title = {soothfast},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soothfast},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}