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Steady
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- 1 Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
"Hold the ladder steady while I go up."
- 2 Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute.
"a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object"
- 3 Smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions.
"a steady ride"
- 4 Phlegmatic, calm; not easily upset, excited, or disturbed.
"a steady tone of voice"
- 5 Regular and even.
"the steady course of the Sun; a steady breeze of wind"
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- 6 Slow.
- 7 With whom one is going steady. dated, informal
"I have been trying to remember what other porn movies I've seen. I know that I should be able to recall many a title as, When I was eighteen, my steady girlfriend and I would go to drive-in theatres and half-watch them all the time."
- 8 Confident and cool-headed under pressure; competent; reliable, adept. Singapore, Singlish, predicative
"You get it right too many times. Your viewers must think you're damn solid, right? Get so many right on TV, steady lah, ang moh, they say, right? Fame gone to your head, is it?"
- 1 not easily excited or upset wordnet
- 2 relating to a person who does something regularly wordnet
- 3 marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable wordnet
- 4 securely in position; not shaky wordnet
- 5 not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall wordnet
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- 6 not subject to change or variation especially in behavior wordnet
- 1 To row with pressure at a low stroke-rating, often 18 strokes per minute. informal, not-comparable
"After the sprint pieces, we rowed steady for the rest of practice."
- 1 in a steady manner wordnet
- 1 Alright!, way to go!, nice! Singlish
- 1 A rest or support, as for the hand, a tool, or a piece of work.
- 2 a person loved by another person wordnet
- 3 A regular boyfriend or girlfriend. informal
"“Dalton is my steady, now. If I break up with him, you're the first on the list.” “Thanks,” said Ted. “What a privilege to be second choice.”"
- 4 A prostitute's regular customer. informal
"Some of my steadies wanted me to go out with them on a date. Occasionally I let one of them take me to a film or out for a meal."
- 1 Aspect marker indicating consistency or intensity.
- 1 To stabilize; to prevent from shaking. figuratively, sometimes, transitive
"I took a drink to steady my nerves."
- 2 make steady wordnet
- 3 To become stable. intransitive
"The ship steadied in the air. Another spray of ballast came, heavier than the last."
- 4 support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English stedy, studi, stidiȝ, perhaps continuing Old English stæþþiġ, ġestæþþiġ (“steadfast, stable, firm, staid”), equivalent to stead + -y; or calquing Middle Low German or Middle Dutch stēdig. Cognate with Saterland Frisian stoadig (“constant, continual”), West Frisian stadich (“slow”), Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, Swedish stadig, Icelandic stöðugur, German stätig, stetig. Compare also Old English ġestedegian (“to bring to a standstill”). Sense 8 of the adjective is a semantic loan from Hokkien 在 (chāi, “steady, confident”).
From Middle English stedy, studi, stidiȝ, perhaps continuing Old English stæþþiġ, ġestæþþiġ (“steadfast, stable, firm, staid”), equivalent to stead + -y; or calquing Middle Low German or Middle Dutch stēdig. Cognate with Saterland Frisian stoadig (“constant, continual”), West Frisian stadich (“slow”), Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, Swedish stadig, Icelandic stöðugur, German stätig, stetig. Compare also Old English ġestedegian (“to bring to a standstill”). Sense 8 of the adjective is a semantic loan from Hokkien 在 (chāi, “steady, confident”).
From Middle English stedy, studi, stidiȝ, perhaps continuing Old English stæþþiġ, ġestæþþiġ (“steadfast, stable, firm, staid”), equivalent to stead + -y; or calquing Middle Low German or Middle Dutch stēdig. Cognate with Saterland Frisian stoadig (“constant, continual”), West Frisian stadich (“slow”), Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, Swedish stadig, Icelandic stöðugur, German stätig, stetig. Compare also Old English ġestedegian (“to bring to a standstill”). Sense 8 of the adjective is a semantic loan from Hokkien 在 (chāi, “steady, confident”).
From Middle English stedy, studi, stidiȝ, perhaps continuing Old English stæþþiġ, ġestæþþiġ (“steadfast, stable, firm, staid”), equivalent to stead + -y; or calquing Middle Low German or Middle Dutch stēdig. Cognate with Saterland Frisian stoadig (“constant, continual”), West Frisian stadich (“slow”), Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, Swedish stadig, Icelandic stöðugur, German stätig, stetig. Compare also Old English ġestedegian (“to bring to a standstill”). Sense 8 of the adjective is a semantic loan from Hokkien 在 (chāi, “steady, confident”).
From Middle English stedy, studi, stidiȝ, perhaps continuing Old English stæþþiġ, ġestæþþiġ (“steadfast, stable, firm, staid”), equivalent to stead + -y; or calquing Middle Low German or Middle Dutch stēdig. Cognate with Saterland Frisian stoadig (“constant, continual”), West Frisian stadich (“slow”), Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, Swedish stadig, Icelandic stöðugur, German stätig, stetig. Compare also Old English ġestedegian (“to bring to a standstill”). Sense 8 of the adjective is a semantic loan from Hokkien 在 (chāi, “steady, confident”).
From Middle English stedy, studi, stidiȝ, perhaps continuing Old English stæþþiġ, ġestæþþiġ (“steadfast, stable, firm, staid”), equivalent to stead + -y; or calquing Middle Low German or Middle Dutch stēdig. Cognate with Saterland Frisian stoadig (“constant, continual”), West Frisian stadich (“slow”), Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, Swedish stadig, Icelandic stöðugur, German stätig, stetig. Compare also Old English ġestedegian (“to bring to a standstill”). Sense 8 of the adjective is a semantic loan from Hokkien 在 (chāi, “steady, confident”).
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