what does steady mean?
STEADY as NOUN
- Meaning
- a person loved by another person
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Hypernyms(s) steady is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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STEADY as VERB
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Hypernyms(s) steady is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace
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- brace your elbows while working on the potter’’s wheel
Hypernyms(s) steady is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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STEADY as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- not easily excited or upset
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- Meaning
- relating to a person who does something regularly
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- a regular customer
- a steady drinker
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- Meaning
- marked by firm determination or resolution
- not shakable
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- firm convictions
- a firm mouth
- steadfast resolve
- a man of unbendable perseverence
- unwavering loyalty
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- securely in position
- not shaky
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- not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall
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- Meaning
- not subject to change or variation especially in behavior
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- a steady beat
- a steady job
- a steady breeze
- a steady increase
- a good steady ballplayer
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- Meaning
- persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature
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- maintained a constant temperature
- a constant beat
- principles of unvarying validity
- a steady breeze
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STEADY as ADVERB
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- he could still walk steadily
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