a Firm, strong, stable, compact, solid, substantial--a building, a substance. 2 fig. Stanch, stedfast, steady--a person: settled, positive, determinate--speech: fixed--an office, a promise. 3 (Laxly.) Huge, weighty, mighty, vast--a load. 4 Used sometimes as s m Determinateness or positiveness: opp. to ambiguity or vagueness. Ex.
a Firm, strong, stable, compact, solid, substantial--a building, a substance. 2 fig. Stanch, stedfast, steady--a person: settled, positive, determinate--speech: fixed--an office, a promise. 3 (Laxly.) Huge, weighty, mighty, vast--a load. 4 Used sometimes as s m Determinateness or positiveness: opp. to ambiguity or vagueness. Ex.