Meanings
- not comparableOf, belonging to, or relating to the firmament or heavens; celestial.
But there were certain early winter days in Casterbridge—days of firmamental exhaustion which followed angry south-westerly tempests—when, if the sun shone, the air was like velvet.
1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge - not comparablerareOf, belonging to, or relating to support or strengthening.
Origin
From firmament + -al (“of, pertaining to”, suffix forming an adjective).
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firmamental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/firmamental
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