soothfast

1. (archaic) Actual; real.Examples: "So she brought him the China bowl saying in herself, “I shall know what to do when I find out if the words of my child concerning these jewels be soothfast or not”; […]"; "But her brother has taken and joined their hands, And so soothfast was the kiss — So dear love's due to her lips so true — She had like to have died of bliss; […]"; "“I'll take your word for it,” said he, with another glance at a very soothfast mask that came down on as sweet a pair of lips as ever man took craving for."archaic

2. (archaic) Based on the truth, true; faithful; honest, veraciousExamples: "Why do not you […] bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience?"; ""O mother mine, verily this Shaykh is soothfast and no liar: for the first time he but tried me and now he proposeth to perform his promise.""; "But he said to her, “Nay, mother mine, indeed he is soothfast and lieth not; for that, in the first of his dealing, he tried me and now his intent is to accomplish unto me his promise.”"archaic