a. (UN-1 7 b.)
1611. Cotgr., Inescroulable, vnshakeable.
1621. S. Ward, Happiness of Practice, 16. The wise, that build on the Rocke of Doing, vnshakeable.
a. 1715. South, Serm., IV. viii. 328. A Bottom so firm and sure for Christianity to rest upon, that it cannot be placed upon a surer and more unshakable.
1866. Hare, Guesses, 106. There is still one rock indeed, stout and bold and unshakable as can be desired.
1890. Times, 6 Feb., 5/1. He is Stambouloff’s brother-in-law, and consequently unshakeable in his post.
b. Of belief, conviction, etc.
a. 1677. Barrow, Serm., Wks. 1687, I. 471. To express … his unshakeable Faith in God … under so fierce a trial.
1711. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. V. 188. This fundation of unshakeable patience.
1805. Southey, Madoc, II. xxvii. 377. With … unshakeable resolve My soul maintains its purpose.
1891. Farrar, Darkn. & Dawn, xviii. To these good Christians that doctrine was an unshakeable conviction.
Hence Unshakeably adv.
1864. Hawthorne, S. Felton (1872), 167. Desire nothing too fervently, not even life; yet keep thy hold upon it … unshakably.
