0 the quality of not being soft, but not completely hard: --
The bed's firmness suited him.
2 the quality of being forceful and making people do what you want: --
The new teacher has a reputation for firmness.
3 the quality of being certain and not likely to change --
4 the quality of being fairly hard when pressed: --
He liked the bed's firmness.
5 the quality of being certain and unlikely to change or be questioned: --
the firmness of his claim
At every stage of his occupancy of this key post, he has acquitted himself with both firmness and decorum.
To avoid giving a misleading impression as to the firmness of our plans, therefore, we would not normally provide such details.
In each case, though, one acquires reasons for giving up one's initial belief, or at least no longer holding the belief with the same degree of firmness.
Shortly after the procedure, the patient developed a 2 cm firmness in the area between the two cryoablation zones, which spontaneously resolved within 3 months [9].
Besides the differences in soil firmness, the frequency of being hit by falling debris may also contribute to the percentage of decumbent g enets i n each p lot.
Because surgical scars fade and tissue firmness subsides with time, the results of autologous breast reconstruction tend to improve as the patient ages rather than deteriorate as with prosthetic reconstruction.
Although the irrigation program did not have a statistically significant effect on fruit firmness and total soluble solids, these parameters were enhanced as the amount of applied water decreased.
I doubt that these arguments are sufficient to warrant the firmness of belief involved in faith (as traditionally understood) but it doesn't follow that they have no use at all.
