firmy - adj., adv., & v. --adj.

1 a of solid or compact structure. b fixed, stable. c steady; not shaking.
2 a resolute, determined. b not easily shaken (firm belief). c steadfast, constant (a firm friend).
3 a (of an offer etc.) not liable to cancellation after acceptance. b (of a decree, law, etc.) established, immutable.
4 Commerce (of prices or goods) maintaining their level or value.

--adv.

firmly (stand firm; hold firm to).

--v.

1 tr. & intr. make or become firm, secure, compact, or solid.
2 tr. fix (plants) firmly in the soil.

firmly adv. firmness n. [ME f. OF ferme f. L firmus]

firmy - n.
1 a a business concern. b the partners in such a concern.
2 a group of persons working together, esp. of hospital doctors and assistants. [earlier = signature, style: Sp. & It. firma f. med.L, f. L firmare confirm f. firmus FIRM(1)]

firmy - n.
literary the sky regarded as a vault or arch.

firmamental adj. [ME f. OF f. L firmamentum f. firmare (as FIRM(2))]

firmy - n.
1 an oriental sovereign's edict.
2 a grant or permit. [Pers. ferman, Skr. pramanam right measure]

firmy - n.
Computing a permanent kind of software programmed into a read-only memory.

firmy - See: BALL OF FIRE, BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, BUILD A FIRE UNDER, BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE, CATCH FIRE, DRAW FIRE, FAT'S IN THE FIRE, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, HANG FIRE, HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON ONE'S HEAD, HOLD ONE'S FIRE or HOLD FIRE, IRON IN THE FIRE, KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING, LINE OF FIRE, ON FIRE, OPEN FIRE, OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE, PLAY WITH FIRE, PULL ONE'S CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE, SET FIRE TO, SET THE WORLD ON FIRE, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED, UNDER FIRE.