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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Steady

Stĕad'y, a.

adjective

a. [compar. STEADIER; superl. STEAD-IEST.] [A-S. stedig, D. stedig, stadig, steeg, O. H. Ger. stâtig, N. H. Ger. stätig.]

  1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
  2. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; 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; undeviating; unremitted; stable.

Stĕad'y, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. STEADIED; p. pr. & vb. n. STEADYING.] To hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support.

Stĕad'y, v. i.

verbintransitive

To be firm; to maintain an upright position; to move steadily.

Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel. Coleridge.