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Constabulatory Constancy A fellow of plain uncoined constancy. Constancy and contempt of danger. Syn. Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence; steadfastness; resolution. See Firmness. Constant If . . . you mix them, you may turn these two fluid liquors into a constant body. Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained constant friends. I am constant to my purposes. His gifts, his constant courtship, nothing gained. Onward the constant current sweeps. Syn. Fixed; steadfast; unchanging; permanent; unalterable; immutable; invariable; perpetual; continual; resolute; firm; unshaken; determined. Constant, Continual, Perpetual. These words are sometimes used in an absolute and sometimes in a qualified sense. Constant denotes, in its absolute sense, unchangeably fixed; as, a constant mind or purpose. In its qualified sense, it marks something as a "standing" fact or occurence; as, liable to constant interruptions; constantly called for. Continual, in its absolute sense, coincides with continuous. See Continuous. In its qualified sense, it describes a thing as occuring in steady and rapid succession; as, a round of continual calls; continually changing. Perpetual denotes, in its absolute sense, what literally never ceases or comes to an end; as, perpetual motion. In its qualified sense, it is used hyperbolically, and denotes that which rarely ceases; as, perpetual disturbance; perpetual noise; perpetual intermeddling. |
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