Maana ya kamusi ya neno "uthabiti" ni ubora wa kuwa na msimamo, uthabiti, kutokubali, uthabiti, au nguvu. Inaweza kurejelea nguvu ya kimwili au ya kisitiari, uthabiti na uimara wa kitu au wazo. Katika muktadha wa sifa za kibinafsi, inaweza kurejelea azimio, azimio, au uthabiti wa mtu katika imani au matendo yake. Neno hilo pia linaweza kutumika kuelezea umbile au uthabiti wa kitu fulani, kama vile uimara wa godoro au uimara wa tunda.
1. Jack was slower, more cautious, testing the firmness of cracks and fissures offered by the wall before trusting his full weight to their temporary keeping.
2. The sincerity, rectitude, firmness, and sweetness of this soft glance of a noble woman, who could dare all to save him to whom she owed all, at first astonished, then penetrated him.
3. Arthur gazed at him without malice, but with firmness, and obviously Esteban got the point.
4. In that same country there was a heaven in which love had placed all the glory I could desire such was the beauty of Luscinda, a damsel as noble and as rich as I, but of happier fortunes, and of less firmness than was due to so worthy a passion as mine.
5. At that moment, she felt the firmness of the ground beneath her feet.
6. I was struck with a profound veneration at the sight of Brutus, and could easily discover the most consummate virtue, the greatest intrepidity and firmness of mind, the truest love of his country, and general benevolence for mankind, in every lineament of his countenance.
7. Her hands came to rest on his chest, and she stroked them lightly up and down, feeling the firmness of his muscles.
8. Then he slid his hand down over the firmness of her belly, down to the thatch of red curls that guarded her womanly secrets.
9. At length, the blanket was slowly raised, and the scout stood in the aperture with a countenance whose firmness evidently began to give way before a mystery that seemed to threaten some danger, against which all his cunning and experience might prove of no avail.
10. When Heyward briefly explained the meaning of the words they heard, Hawkeye halted and spoke with quick decision and great firmness.