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steady-going

[ sted-ee-goh-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

steadfast; faithful; unchanging:
steady-going service to the cause of justice.
regular and dependable, as in habits of living:
a steady-going family man.

First recorded in 1815–25

We rode in a gig, and our animal was a steady-going mare, and behaved as such; but all had not gigs or steady-going mares.

After a full hour and a half of steady going, the three hills obligingly moved perceptibly nearer.

The steady-going Hollander and the intense German mingled their deep gutturals with the songs of praise and the discussions.

“Strange business this for a steady going stewardess of the air,” Rosemary was saying to herself.

Bracing air; and steady-going doctors who leave the fools in Europe to pry into the secrets of Nature.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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