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Meanings of fixity in English

Catalan
fixesa
Spanish
continuidad

The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment.

      fixesa
      Catalan
      immutabilitat

      The quality of being incapable of mutation.

          immutabilitat
          Usage of fixity in English
          1
          The persistence and fixity of the phenomenon excluded any idea of hallucination.
          The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
          2
          His face in the moonlight showed a pallor and fixity inexpressibly distressing.
          Can Such Things Be?
          3
          The fixity of her mood was broken by the action of walking.
          The Voyage Out
          4
          The very quietude and fixity of their being perplexed and estranged me.
          The Blue Flower
          5
          He was looking straight in front of him with a singular fixity.
          With Edged Tools
          6
          Only then the yellow eyes of Martin Ricardo lost their intent fixity.
          Victory: An Island Tale
          7
          On the contrary, there was a fixity about her which frightened him.
          Beatrice
          8
          Our lives were running out, and our eyes had a strange fixity.
          The forgotten soldier
          9
          Principle of Life in general, hence lack of fixity in date.
          From Ritual to Romance
          10
          I saw her burn. Fern's expression assumed a certain fixity, concealing unknown emotion.
          The witch queen
          11
          There was no fixity in the soft flush of those delicately rounded cheeks.
          The Lamp in the Desert
          12
          Thus it happened that the fixity of his gaze was intensified.
          Tales of Fantasy and Fact
          13
          And so the fixity of his smiling greeting which completely masked his feelings.
          The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
          14
          Her apparent fixity of purpose was incongruous for that time of the evening.
          Stubble
          15
          There is a rigid fixity written over the face of nature.
          The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved in 50 Arguments
          16
          He could feel rather than see the fixity of her gaze.
          Stubble
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          Fixity through the time
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