STEADY
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Stead"y (-ӗ), a. [Compar. Steadier (-ĭ*&etilde_;r); superl. Steadiest.] [Cf. AS. stedig sterile, barren, stæððig, steady (in gestæððig), D. stedig, stadig, steeg, G. st&ä;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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Stead"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steadied (-ĭd); 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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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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