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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Steady \Stead"y\, a. [Compar. {Steadier}; superl. {Steadiest}.] [Cf. AS. stedig sterile, barren, st[91][?][?]ig, steady (in gest[91][?][?]ig), D. stedig, stadig, steeg, G. st[84]tig, stetig. See {Stead}, n.] 1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm. [bd]The softest, steadiest plume.[b8] --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. |