Steady \Stead"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Steadier (-[i^]*[~e]r);
superl. Steadiest.] [Cf. AS. stedig sterile, barren,
stae[eth][eth]ig, steady (in gestae[eth][eth]ig), D. stedig,
stadig, steeg, G. st[aum]tig, stetig. See Stead, n.]
1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking;
fixed; firm. "The softest, steadiest plume." --Keble.
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Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes
watchful, and their hearts resolute. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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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.
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3. Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady
course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.
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Syn: Fixed; regular; uniform; undeviating; invariable;
unremitted; stable.
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Steady rest (Mach), a rest in a turning lathe, to keep a
long piece of work from trembling.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Steady \Stead"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steadied (-[i^]d); 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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Steady \Stead"y\, v. i.
To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to
move steadily.
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Without a breeze, without a tide,
She steadies with upright keel. --Coleridge.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
steady
adj 1: 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" [ant: unsteady]
2: persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature;
"maintained a constant temperature"; "a constant beat";
"principles of unvarying validity"; "a steady breeze"
[syn: changeless, constant, invariant, unvarying]
3: not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are
still firm" [syn: firm, unfluctuating]
4: securely in position; not shaky; "held the ladder steady"
5: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable;
"firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve";
"a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
[syn: firm, steadfast, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable,
unwavering]
6: relating to a person who does something regularly; "a
regular customer"; "a steady drinker" [syn: regular]
7: not easily excited or upset; "steady nerves"
n : a person loved by another person [syn: sweetheart, sweetie,
truelove]
adv : in a steady manner; "he could still walk steadily" [syn: steadily]
[ant: unsteadily]
v 1: make steady; "steady yourself" [syn: calm, becalm]
2: support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if
with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the
potter's wheel" [syn: brace, stabilize, stabilise]
[also: steadied, steadiest, steadier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
409 Moby Thesaurus words for "steady":
abiding, accordant, adamantine, ageless, alike, alternate, appease,
ardent, arranged, articulated, assiduous, automatic, balance,
balanced, ballast, beating, beau, beloved, bovine, boyfriend,
brace, bulky, businesslike, calculable, calm, calm down, captive,
catch, catenated, ceaseless, certain, changeless, chattering,
circling, civilized, coeternal, compose, concatenated, confirmed,
connected, conquest, consistent, consonant, constant, continual,
continued, continuing, continuous, controlled, cool, coolheaded,
coquette, correspondent, counterbalance, cradle, customer, cyclic,
cyclical, date, dateless, dense, dependable, devoted, dignified,
diligent, direct, dispassionate, dogged, down-to-earth, dulcify,
dull, durable, ease, endless, enduring, epochal, equable, equal,
eternal, eterne, even, even out, even-tempered, ever-being,
ever-durable, ever-during, everlasting, everliving, every other,
fail-safe, faithful, faithworthy, fast, featureless, fiducial,
firm, firm as Gibraltar, firm up, firmly, fixed, flame, flat,
flinty, flirt, formal, freeze, frequenter, gal, gapless, gentle,
guaranteed, guy, habitual, habitue, hard, harmless, harmonious,
hold, hold fast, homogeneous, honey, hush, immediate, immemorial,
immobilize, immovable, immutable, impassive, imperturbable,
in equilibrium, in hand, inalterable, inamorata, inamorato,
incessant, indefatigable, indestructible, indomitable, industrious,
inexcitable, infinite, inflexible, inirritable, insistent,
interminable, intermittent, invariable, inveterate, invincible,
invulnerable, isochronal, joined, jointless, keep, ladylove,
lasting, level, level-headed, liege, linked, long-standing, lover,
loyal, lull, machine gun, man, marble-constant, massive, measured,
mechanical, methodic, methodical, metronomic, mollify, monolithic,
monotonous, nail down, nerveless, never-ceasing, never-ending,
never-failing, never-tiring, nonstop, nonterminating, nonterminous,
normal, obstinate, of a piece, olamic, ordered, orderly,
oscillating, oscillatory, pacify, patient, patient as Job,
perdurable, perennial, periodic, periodical, permanent, perpetual,
perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious,
pin down, plodding, plugging, poise, poised, pour balm into,
predictable, preoccupied, pulsating, pulsing, quell, quiet, rapid,
rapt, reciprocal, recurrent, recurring, regular, relaxed,
relentless, reliable, remaining, repeated, repetitive, resolute,
rest, retain, rhythmic, riskless, robotlike, rock, rock to sleep,
rock-steady, rotary, round-the-clock, routine, rugged, running,
seamless, seasonal, secure, sedate, sedulous, sempiternal,
sensible, serial, serious, serried, set, settled, single-minded,
sleepless, slogging, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen,
sober, socialize, solid, solidly, soothe, sophisticated, sot,
sound, stabile, stabilitate, stabilize, stable, staccato, staid,
staunch, staying, steadfast, steady-handed, steady-nerved,
steel-nerved, steely, stick, sticking, still, stoic, stolid, stout,
straight, strengthen, strong, strong-nerved, stubborn, sturdy,
stuttering, subdue, substantial, support, sure, surefire,
sustained, sweet patootie, sweetheart, sweetie, symmetrical,
systematic, tenacious, timeless, tireless, tough, tranquilize,
transfix, true, true-blue, truelove, trustworthy, trusty,
twenty-four-hour, unabating, unbending, unblenching, unblinking,
unbroken, unceasing, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging,
unconquerable, undangerous, undaunted, undeflectable, undeviating,
undifferentiated, undiscouraged, undisturbable, undiversified,
undrooping, undulant, undulatory, undying, unending, unfailing,
unfaltering, unflagging, unflappable, unflinching, unhazardous,
uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent, unintermitting,
uninterrupted, unirritable, unnervous, unnodding, unpassionate,
unperilous, unprecarious, unqualified, unquestioning, unquivering,
unrelaxing, unrelenting, unrelieved, unremitting, unrisky,
unruffled, unshakable, unshaken, unshaky, unshrinking, unsleeping,
unstopped, unstrained, unswerving, untiring, untremulous, unvaried,
unvarying, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking,
unyielding, usual, utterly attentive, vamp, vampire, vibrating,
warranteed, wavelike, weariless, well-balanced, well-built,
well-constructed, well-founded, well-grounded, well-made,
well-ordered, well-regulated, wheeling, wholehearted,
without a tremor, without end, without nerves, woman
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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