Definition of "solid"

Almost a quarter of a million copies is really a solid number for today's record industry. In fact, that number is more than the last two number one albums

2015 July 8, “Rapper Meek Mill Charts His First Number One Album”, in Forbes

Americans increased their borrowing by a solid amount in September. But the gain was less than half the big August surge

2018 November 7, “Consumer borrowing up solid $10.9 billion in September”, in Journal Record

On top of that, the speaker is big, so you may have to set aside a solid amount of space for it.

2018 November 7, Christian de Looper, “The best Google Assistant smart speakers you can buy”, in Business Insider

The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.

1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Ayrsham Mystery‎

As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline.

2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport‎

the solid purpose of a sincere and virtuous answer

1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […]

Theſe are they, who wanting Wit, affect Gravity, and go by the name of Solid men: and a ſolid man is, in plain English, a ſolid, ſolemn Fool.

1675, John Dryden, “To the Right Honourable, John, Earl of Mulgrave, […]”, in Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676

The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.

1875-1886, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy: The revival of learning

Fortunately, the president of our illustrious institution has been after me for a year to get Francis Ford Coppola to speak at next year's commencement, and Francis owes me a solid.

2010, Loren D. Estleman, Frames‎, page 54

You can't make a move till you have about a year in a precinct, but tell you what, stay in touch. Lots a people still owe me a solid or two on the Job.

2012, Robert Cea, No Lights, No Sirens: The Corruption and Redemption of an Inner City Cop‎, page 61

Thomas had seemed ready to spend the night on the couch, and now he couldn't get out of here fast enough. Hopping up, I followed after him. "Thanks again, Thomas," I said, opening the door for him. "I owe you a solid."

2013, Nicole Williams, Crush‎

True, not ten of these mines were yielding rock worth hauling to a mill, but everybody said, "Wait till the shaft gets down where the ledge comes in solid, and then you will see!"

1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872

Hm-m-—These papers are complete—They make Mortimer and Matilda the legal guardians of Babs—ought to put me in more solid than ever with Miss Effie—and that home is good graft.

1937 March 7, Marsh, “Dan Dunn-Secret Operative 48”, in Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune

Suppose, then, a whole family got sick with this flu, and no help around, and winter setting in solid and cold three weeks early?

1943, Wallace Stegner, The Big Rock Candy Mountain, page 246

set a new high in baseball for the year, not only ending speculation as to when Durocher would be fired but putting him in more solid than ever before.

1943 July 16, “Dodger Rebellion Is Settled With One Dramatic Flourish”, in Youngstown (OH) Vindicator

She was telling Bobbie about the time when Boko Fittleworth was trying to ingratiate himself with your Uncle Percy, and you very sportingly offered to go and call your Uncle Percy a lot of offensive names, so that Boko, hovering outside the door, could come in and stick up for him, thus putting himself in solid with him.

1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins

If true, that means he deliberately risked American and French lives, and maybe the battle, in order to get in solid with Lafayette.

1997, David Ambrose, Superstition, page 239

Then he drew a long-barreled revolver from under a coat that he had thrown aside and examined it carefully to see that the powder and ball were in solid and that none of the caps was missing

2008, James Oliver Curwood, The Courage of Captain Plum, page 3

Soichi Yamazaki, chief analyst at Fukoku Capital Management said Nidec Corp's (6594.OS) earnings came in more solid than expected on Friday

2009 July 26, Rika Otsuka, “Nikkei hits 6-wk high on earnings hopes, Hitachi jumps”, in Reuters.com