Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Fixed or unchanging; steady.
- adj. Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving. See Synonyms at faithful.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Firm; firmly fixed or established in place or position.
- Firm; unyielding; unwavering; constant; resolute.
- Steady; unwavering; concentered.
- Synonyms Stanch, stable, unflinching.
Wiktionary
- adj. Fixed or unchanging; steady.
- adj. Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.
- adj. Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- adj. firm and dependable especially in loyalty
Etymologies
- From Middle English stedefast which in turn comes from Old English stedefæst. It is comprised of two parts: stede (“stead, place”) + -fæst (“fixed”). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English stedefast, from Old English stedefæst : stede, place; see stead + fæst, fixed, fast; see past- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“So far, President Obama has been right to remain steadfast on a complete settlement freeze as outlined in the roadmap.”
“But lets remember there is much work to be done, and we the American People need to remain steadfast, focused and supportive of those whose work is abotu to began in merging this important piece of legislation ..”
“Online activists, however, remain steadfast in their opposition to the bill.”
“In true Jack London spirit, the supporters and friends of the Jack London Ranch remain steadfast to their dream, and in the year 2001, the State of California allocated approximately $750.00 that will be allocated for the next three fiscal years to complete the restoration of the cottage dining room.”
“Will his ideals and beliefs fall to the wayside, or will he remain steadfast in his support of the Death Penalty?”
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“We have confidence that the people of Iraq will remain steadfast in their rejection of efforts by extremists to spark sectarian tension," said National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer.”
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“I remain steadfast in my belief that Iraq was a huge mistake; Afghanistan was not.”
“The Repugs who remain steadfast to the king are not threatened in November; those who are, are moving away from the losing, stay the course which, as you must know, is a slogan, not a strategy.”
“But our job is to remain steadfast in the face of terror, to refuse to be terrorized.”
“Yet I remain steadfast and tolerant bearing no grudge on these unremarkable fools.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘steadfast’.
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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Naresh_Gre2
convoke, cosset, coterie, declaim, distaff, doff, dovetail, droll, dyspeptic, egress, ersatz, euphemism and 108 more...
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RELI - words you immediately associat...
baptism, almighty, Balaam, altar, anoint, archangel, apostle, advent, writings, wonders, timbrel, thorns and 341 more...
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INTERP - speeches can be...
adequate, adroit, blunt, blurred, committed, divisive, exacerbating, fitting, hollow, lengthy, murky, pronounced and 123 more...
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LIT - Odyssey - key words and phrases
Key words of the Odyssey by Homer in English including all those famous repeating epitethons like
"bright-eyed Athene"
"wine-dark sea"
"rosy-fingered dawn"
"long suf...yearling, wild celery, Wain, Themis, talon, slither, sedge, sea eagle, scurf, rile, prevaricate, poplar tree and 732 more...
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Phonestheme: ST-, the Defender
Grateful credit to http://reocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9783/phond1.html.
staunch, steadfast, stolid, strong, stay, steel, stiff, stubborn, stuffy, stable, stalwart, steady and 11 more...
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Writing Power
Words I am gathering from my reading
beetling, beetle, achromatic, tern, skink, treacly, venerable, skald, benthic, isle, capricious, sinew and 8 more...
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DAY2_01/05/2013
day 2, pundit, potentate, miscreant, renegade, timid, ribald, reprisal, dispersal, inoculate, disservice, dessicate and 33 more...
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think fast
cragfast, Buckfast, colorfast, breastfast, chairfast, fading fast, headfast, handfast, breakfast, landfast, rifast, Ranafast and 34 more...
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the indelible ink of personality
nefarious, mischievious, bawdy, intense, blunt, steadfast, succulent, edible, nature, creature, truth, touch and 28 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1896 more...
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aykut gre
mossy, intrusive, mettlesome, soliloquy, mocking, dissembler, prevarication, histrionics, aphorism, distinction, concise, pensive and 61 more...
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Words from Moby Dick
frigate, presumptuous, genteel, succor, hearthstone, gentry, factitious, bilious, insurgent, portent, enervate, genuflect and 303 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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SAT Vocab
Redundant.
problematic, proclivity, prodigal, prodigious, prodigy, profane, profligate, profound, profusion, proliferation, prolific, prologue and 455 more...
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My Revised GRE Preparation List
Words from the new GRE : This list consists mostly of words from the book Magoosh-GRE-vocab-ebook, which is one of the best vocab materials available, especially if you have started preparing one ...
alacrity, prosaic, veracity, paucity, contrite, trite, maintain, laconic, pugnacious, disparate, egregious, innocuous and 533 more...
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