Word Meanings - STEADY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

stedig sterile, barren, stæ, steady , D. stedig, stadig, 1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm. "The softest, steadiest plume." Keble. Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes watchful, and their hearts

Additional info about word: STEADY

stedig sterile, barren, stæ, steady , D. stedig, stadig, 1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm. "The softest, steadiest plume." 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 , a rest in a turning lathe, to keep a long piece of work from trembling.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STEADY)

• Changeless
• Regular
• settled
• steady
• firm
• stationary
• consistent
• resolute
• reliable
• undeviating
• uniform
• immutable
• immovable
• Constant
• Uniform
• regular
• invariable
• perpetual
• continuous
• fixed
• faithful
• true
• trustworthy
• Moderate
• Limited
• temperate
• calm
• dispassionate
• sober
• abstinent
• sparing
• ordinary
• Resolute
• Determined
• decided
• steadfast
• constant
• persevering
• stout
• pertinacious
• energetic
• dogged
• stout-hearted
• inflexible
• undaunted
• unflinching
• Sober
• Temperate
• unintoxicated
• cool
• reasonable
• culm
• self-possessed
• sound
• unexcited
• serious
• grave
• sedate
• abstemious
• moderate

Related words: (words related to STEADY)

• PERSEVERANCE
  Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism. Syn. -- Persistence; steadfastness; constancy; steadiness; pertinacity. (more info)
• SPAR-HUNG
  Hung with spar, as a cave.
• SERIOUS
  1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. Macaulay. 2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting
• GRAVES
  The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.
• GRAVEDIGGER
  See T (more info) 1. A digger of graves.
• REGULARITY
  The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
• SPARPOIL
  To scatter; to spread; to disperse.
• SPARPIECE
  The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt.
• SEDATE
  Undisturbed by passion or caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed; staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper. Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper which is so necessary to contemplate truth.
• LIMITARIAN
  Tending to limit.
• UNIFORMISM
  The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
• LIMITIVE
  Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers.
• CONSISTENTLY
  In a consistent manner.
• PERSEVER
  To persevere.
• LIMITABLE
  Capable of being limited.
• UNDAUNTABLE
  Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable. Bp. Hall.
• GRAVEL
  A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom. Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder. (more info) strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor.
• SOUNDER
  One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
• SPARSELY
  In a scattered or sparse manner.
• UNIFORMAL
  Uniform. Herrick.
• DESPARPLE
  To scatter; to disparkle. Mandeville.
• HIGH-SOUNDING
  Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
• REFIX
  To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller.
• RESOUND
  resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
• DISTEMPERATE
  1. Immoderate. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Diseased; disordered. Wodroephe.
• FLUOR SPAR
  See FLUORITE
• IRREGULARITY
  The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
• UNLIMITED
  1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean. 2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms. "Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited generalities." Hooker. 3. Unconfined; not
• AFFIX
  figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to
• DEFIX
  To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt.
• TRANSPARENT
  transparere to be transparent; L. trans across, through + parere to 1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
• OUTSPARKLE
  To exceed in sparkling.