steady

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  1. adjective Firm in position or place; fixed.
  2. adjective Direct and unfaltering; sure.
  3. adjective Free or almost free from change, variation, or fluctuation; uniform: a steady increase in value; a steady breeze.
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  • He clutched at my shoulders with both hands to hold himself steady, and his bass drum pulsed steadily behind me. —  Butcher, Jim - Dead Beat (v1.0) (html).html
  • A strong arm holding her steady, a solid shoulder against her cheek. —  A Fine and Bitter Snow
  • It strengthens me to recall his steady gaze, his robust laughter, his sturdy presence, to remember when I could reach out and touch his hands, welcome his embrace. —  Set Sail for Murder
  • It was perfectly strong and steady, a mind unused to being denied anything it wanted. —  Diane Duane - Star Trek : The Next Generation - Dark Mirror
  • They both shortened their reins; holding their horses steady, they watched a dusty rider come galloping in along the drive. —  This is a work of fiction
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  1. Early modern English also stedy, steady; from Middle English stede, stedi, stidiʒ, from Anglo-Saxon stæthig (also stædig, *stedig, Lye) (= Icelandic stöthugr = Swedish Danish stadig), steady, stable, from stæth, stead, bank: see stathe. Cf. Middle Dutch stedigh = Old High German stati, Middle High German stæte, stætec(g), German stätig, stetig, continual, from statt, etc., a place: see stead, to which steady is now referred.
  2. from . steady, a.
 

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