Unswerving

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not deviating; not yielding or straying or varying.

    "They followed the ritual with unswerving faith."

Adjective
  1. 1
    firm and dependable especially in loyalty wordnet
  2. 2
    going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside wordnet

Example

More examples

"Pale at the sight we fly; unswerving, these / glide on and seek Laocoon. First, entwined / in stringent folds, his two young sons they seize, / with cruel fangs their tortured limbs to grind."

Etymology

From un- + swerving.

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