the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally
<noun.attribute> the solidity of the evidence worked in his favor the solidness of her faith gave her enduring hope
Solidity \So*lid"i*ty\, n. [L. soliditas: cf. F. solidit['e].] 1. The state or quality of being solid; density; consistency, -- opposed to {fluidity}; compactness; fullness of matter, -- opposed to {openness} or {hollowness}; strength; soundness, -- opposed to {weakness} or {instability}; the primary quality or affection of matter by which its particles exclude or resist all others; hardness; massiveness.
That which hinders the approach of two bodies when they are moving one toward another, I call solidity. --Locke.
2. Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to {weakness} or {fallaciousness}; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions.
3. (Geom.) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of inclosed space.
Social solidity has come too. With his wife Alice - a senior civil servant - and family, he decamps as often as possible to a cottage in Minster Lovell, on the edge of Oxfordshire's Cotswolds, and is a stalwart of the parish church.
The unusual news conference, for both local and foreign reporters, appeared intended to demonstrate the solidity of the new party leadership in time for the 40th anniversary of the founding of Communist China on Oct. 1.
That would merely make reforming the ERM, in order to reinforce the solidity of its core and increase flexibility on the periphery, still more important.
It was not really a surprise when Todd, head of the Burton Group's design studio and creator of the Principles range, got it. There is a wonderful solidity about the idea of Jaeger.
Moreover, many dealers expressed skepticism about the solidity of the exchange's recent gains, noting these came amid overwhelmingly bearish second-quarter estimates by major banks and brokerage firms for stocks.
It has always focused, with time-consuming thoroughness and care, on belt-and-braces engineering: producing cars that were tank-like in their solidity, outlasted almost every other make, and cost the earth.
"We have a new and creative company but we also want to convey solidity, because we guarantee billions of dollars of debt," says Gerald Friedman, chairman and founder of FGIC Corp., which insures municipal bonds.
The big, central Gothic tower over the entrance to the inner court does not soar to heaven; it has a solidity, despite its spiked pyramid roof.
They also have valuable land and property assets, which are considerably understated in their balance sheets. BZW's German Company Handbook gives a good illustration of the financial solidity of German corporations.
Investors have shown skepticism about the solidity of the tentative offers to date.