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Steady   /stˈɛdi/   Listen
Steady

adjective
(compar. steadier; superl. steadiest)
1.
Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.  "A steady job" , "A steady breeze" , "A steady increase" , "A good steady ballplayer"
2.
Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall.  Synonyms: firm, unfluctuating.
3.
Securely in position; not shaky.
4.
Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable.  Synonyms: firm, steadfast, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering.  "A firm mouth" , "Steadfast resolve" , "A man of unbendable perseverence" , "Unwavering loyalty"
5.
Relating to a person who does something regularly.  Synonym: regular.  "A steady drinker"
6.
Not easily excited or upset.
verb
(past & past part. steadied; pres. part. steadying)
1.
Make steady.  Synonyms: becalm, calm.
2.
Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace.  Synonyms: brace, stabilise, stabilize.
adverb
1.
In a steady manner.  Synonym: steadily.
noun
1.
A person loved by another person.  Synonyms: sweetheart, sweetie, truelove.



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"Steady" Quotes from Famous Books



... spy out this new divinity to whom you have consecrated your heart? Tremble therefore now, for I know her! I know the garden in which she lives, and there is a place in the wall just opposite her favorite seat; whoever knows that place and possesses a steady hand and a sharp dagger will know how to hurl it so as to pierce ...
— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach
... a half millions, and the great sum on which all my market movements had been predicated was a hideous miscalculation on my part? Then inevitably was I hopelessly bankrupt, or saved from that only to find my neck irrevocably caught in the "Standard Oil" noose. I strove fiercely to steady my nerves, to arrest the stampeding terrors that had broken loose in my brain. There came to me a feverish memory of the hideous procession of Thursday's midnight vigil. I desperately asseverated to myself, "I must be cool, I must, I must." But all my resolutions went as goes the powder ...
— Frenzied Finance - Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated • Thomas W. Lawson
... broke," repeated the cowboy, and as Alice looked up her eyes strayed past him to the window of the coach where they met Endicott's steady gaze. ...
— The Texan - A Story of the Cattle Country • James B. Hendryx
... The three wicks of the brass lamp on the table burned with a steady flame, and without any of those very faint crepitations which olive-oil lamps make heard when the weather is about to change. There was not the least sound in the small house: if there were mice anywhere they were asleep; ...
— Stradella • F(rancis) Marion Crawford
... natural resources, Ghana has twice the per capita output of the poorer countries in West Africa. Heavily reliant on international assistance, Ghana has made steady progress in liberalizing its economy since 1983. Overall growth continued at a rate of approximately 5% in 1995, due largely to increased gold, timber, and cocoa production - major sources of foreign exchange. The economy, however, continues ...
— The 1996 CIA Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


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