Meaning of STEADY
| Pronunciation: | | 'stedee
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- [n] a person loved by another person
- [adv] in a steady manner; "he could still walk steadily"
- [adj] not easily excited or upset; "steady nerves"
- [adj] relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker"
- [adj] persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "a constant beat"; "principles of unvarying validity"; "a steady breeze"
- [adj] marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
- [adj] securely in position; not shaky; "held the ladder steady"
- [adj] not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are still firm"
- [adj] not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer"
- [v] make steady; "steady yourself"
- [v] support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
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| | Synonyms: | | becalm, brace, calm, changeless, constant, dependable, even, fastened, firm, fixed, footsure, frequent, invariable, invariant, level, regular, resolute, rock-steady, secure, stabilise, stabilize, stable, steadfast, steadied, steadily, steady-going, sure, surefooted, sweetheart, sweetie, truelove, unbendable, unexcitable, unfaltering, unfluctuating, unshakable, unvarying, unwavering |
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| | Antonyms: | | falteringly, uncertainly, unsteadily, unsteady | | |
| | See Also: | | ballast, beef up, fortify, guy, ladylove, lover, stabilise, stabilize, strengthen, sugar daddy, unagitated, undisturbed, valentine | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Stead"y\, a. [Compar. {Steadier}; superl. {Steadiest}.]
[Cf. AS. stedig sterile, barren, st[ae]??ig, steady (in
gest[ae]??ig), D. stedig, stadig, steeg, G. st["a]tig,
stetig. See {Stead}, n.]
1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking;
fixed; firm. ``The softest, steadiest plume.'' --Keble.
Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes
watchful, and their hearts resolute. --Sir P.
Sidney.
2. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle,
changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to
alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his
principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an
object.
3. Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady
course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.
Syn: Fixed; regular; uniform; undeviating; invariable;
unremitted; stable.
{Steady rest} (Mach), a rest in a turning lathe, to keep a
long piece of work from trembling.
\Stead"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steadied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Steadying}.]
To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or
falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant,
regular, or resolute.
\Stead"y\, v. i.
To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to
move steadily.
Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with
upright keel. --Coleridge.
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