firmness

Some regional analysts saw the verdict as a “proof” of the “firmness” of US democracy.

But because human fingertips vary widely in size and firmness, one finger may make greater contact with a given surface than another.

They lost all their firmness, were drenched in dangerous preservatives and were always cooked with meat for flavor, so they weren’t really vegetables anymore by the time they made it to our plates.

His confidence had a defensive but stalwart nature — to stick oneself down, to never waver, to be willing to fight on forever and ever, to project a rocklike firmness that turned out to be contagious.

The board can be inflated to varying degrees of firmness, making it more or less wobbly and difficult to balance on.