steady
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
steady
adv 1: in a steady manner; "he could still walk steadily" [syn:
{steadily}, {steady}] [ant: {falteringly}, {uncertainly},
{unsteadily}]
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: not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are
still firm" [syn: {firm}, {steady}, {unfluctuating}]
3: securely in position; not shaky; "held the ladder steady"
4: 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}, {steady}, {stiff}, {unbendable},
{unfaltering}, {unshakable}, {unwavering}]
5: relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular
customer"; "a steady drinker" [syn: {regular}, {steady}]
6: not easily excited or upset; "steady nerves"
n 1: a person loved by another person [syn: {sweetheart},
{sweetie}, {steady}, {truelove}]
v 1: make steady; "steady yourself" [syn: {steady}, {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}, {steady}, {stabilize}, {stabilise}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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