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stead·y
[sted-ee] adjective, stead·i·er, stead·i·est, interjection, noun, plural stead·ies, verb, stead·ied, stead·y·ing, adverb adjective
1.
firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
2.
even or regular in movement: the steady swing of the pendulum.
3.
free from change, variation, or interruption; uniform; continuous: a steady diet of meat and potatoes; a steady wind.
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constant, regular, or habitual: a steady job.
5.
EXPANDfree from excitement or agitation; calm: steady nerves.
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firm; unfaltering: a steady gaze; a steady hand.
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steadfast or unwavering; resolute: a steady purpose.
8.
settled, staid, or sober, as a person, habits, etc.
9.
COLLAPSENautical. (of a vessel) keeping nearly upright, as in a heavy sea.
interjection
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(used to urge someone to calm down or be under control.)
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Nautical. (a helm order to keep a vessel steady on its present heading.)
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Steadies
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
noun
12.
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
13.
Informal. a steady visitor, customer, or the like; habitué.
verb (used with object)
14.
to make or keep steady, as in position, movement, action, character, etc.: His calm confidence steadied the nervous passengers.
verb (used without object)
15.
to become steady.
adverb
Idiom16.
in a firm or steady manner: Hold the ladder steady.
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Informal. steadily, regularly, or continuously: Is she working steady now?
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go steady, Informal. to date one person exclusively: Her father didn't approve of her going steady at such an early age.
Related forms
stead·i·ly, adverb
stead·i·ness, noun
o·ver·stead·i·ly, adverb
o·ver·stead·i·ness, noun
o·ver·stead·y, adjective
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Word Origin & History
steady
1530, replacing earlier steadfast, from stead + adj. suffix -y, perhaps on model of M.Du., M.L.G. stadig. O.E. had stæððig "grave, serious," and stedig "barren," but neither seems to be the direct source of the modern word. O.N. cognate stoðugr "steady, stable"
EXPANDwas closer in sense. Originally of things; of persons or minds from 1602. Meaning "working at an even rate" is first recorded in 1548. The verb also is first recorded 1530. Noun meaning "one's boyfriend or girlfriend" is from 1897; to go steady is 1905 in teenager slang. Steady progress is etymologically a contradiction in terms. Steady state first attested 1885; as a cosmological theory (propounded by Bondi, Gold, and Hoyle), it is attested from 1948.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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