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adjective

Consistent adj.

Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid. "The humoral and consistent parts of the body."

Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory. "Show me one that has it in his power To act consistent with himself an hour." "With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent."

Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions. "It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and a conspirator."

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Etymology of 'Consistent'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Consistent" Quotes from Famous Books

... fond of gayety and mirth, and spent much time in dancing. According to her own account, she had but little remorse of conscience for her thoughtless course. The fact that such amusements were sinful, as well as dangerous, had never been impressed upon her mind. She deemed them consistent with the highest state of moral and religious enjoyment, and pursued the miserable phantom of human, earthly pleasure, until aroused by the Spirit ...

— Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission • Daniel C. Eddy

... the importance of being "up and doing"? There may be no such importance. The common burden of life we have, indeed, all to bear—and they are not very gracious or lovely souls who seek to put it off on others—but for this additional burden, this burden of "being consistent" and having a "strong character," does it seem very wise, in so brief an interval, to put the stress ...

— Visions and Revisions - A Book of Literary Devotions • John Cowper Powys

... discharging the holiest men from the table as soon as the most delicious parts of the entertainments are served up, and could never conceive a reason for so absurd a custom. Is it because a liquorish palate, or a sweet-tooth, as they call it, is not consistent with the sanctity of his character? This is but a trifling pretence. No man of the most rigid virtue gives offence in any excesses of plum-pudding or plum-porridge, and that because they are the first parts of the dinner. ...

— History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) • Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange

... vigour, and began to snivel. He hated to have a beard on his chin, but would put off shaving longer than Mrs. Hardy thought consistent with perfect neatness. The ability to shave himself was the one manly accomplishment Gable had ...

— The Gold-Stealers - A Story of Waddy • Edward Dyson

... know it, if you're consistent," he said, bluntly dogmatic. "Any answer to any prayer would ...

— The Quickening • Francis Lynde

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