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  • adjective Not staggering; steadfast.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ staggering

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Examples

  • The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails, the whole world boomed before the wind.

    Weatherwatch: The weather in Moby-Dick 2011

  • And yet, erect, unstaggering, with certitude of weight and strength, among these rolled men, these clutching, cowering ones, moved either Mr. Pike or Mr. Mellaire.

    CHAPTER XI 2010

  • The strong unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

  • Catching at her ankle and flinging her curls, she made an unstaggering and easy ascent of not four, but eight.

    Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928

  • And yet, erect, unstaggering, with certitude of weight and strength, among these rolled men, these clutching, cowering ones, moved either Mr. Pike or Mr. Mellaire.

    Chapter 11 1914

  • And yet, erect, unstaggering, with certitude of weight and strength, among these rolled men, these clutching, cowering ones, moved either Mr. Pike or Mr. Mellaire.

    The Mutiny of the Elsinore Jack London 1896

  • The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.

    Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

  • The strong unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • The strong, unstaggering breeze abounded so, that sky and air seemed vast outbellying sails; the whole world boomed before the wind.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • She cultivated a firm and unstaggering confidence in the continued presence of the Holy Spirit in her heart.

    Gathering Jewels The Secret of a Beautiful Life: In Memoriam of Mr. & Mrs. James Knowles. Selected from Their Diaries. James Sheridan Knowles 1823

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