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Meaning of STEADINESS

Pronunciation:  st'edeenus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the quality of being steady--regular and unvarying
  2. [n]  the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place
 
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 Synonyms: firmness
 
 Antonyms: unsteadiness
 
 See Also: granite, immovability, immovableness, regularity, stability, stableness, sureness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Stead"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being steady.
      Steadiness is a point of prudence as well as of
      courage.                                 --L'Estrange.
Syn: Constancy; resolution; unchangeableness.
 

 

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