steady

English

Etymology

From Middle English stede, stedi, from Old English staeththig, from staeth (“stead, bank”). Confer Danish stedig, stadig, steeg, German stätig, stetig.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

steady (comparative steadier, superlative steadiest)

1. smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions
2. regular and even
3. slow

Antonyms

• unsteady

Derived terms

go steady going steady ready, steady, go rock-steady

steadily steadiness steady as she goes steady on steady state

Translations

smooth and not bumpy or with obstructions

Finnish: vakaa (fi) French: lisse (fr) German: stetig (de)

Spanish: liso (es) m.

regular and even

Finnish: vakaa (fi) French: régulier (fr) German: stetig (de)

Scottish Gaelic: cunbhalach (gd), seasmhach (gd) Spanish: firme (es)

slow

Finnish: vakaa (fi)

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Portuguese: firme, estável, regular, imutável.

Verb

steady (third-person singular simple present steadies, present participle steadying, simple past and past participle steadied)

1. To stabilize something; to prevent from shaking.

Translations

to stabilize

Dutch: stabiliseren (nl)

Finnish: vakauttaa (fi), tasapainottaa (fi) German: stabilisieren (de)

External links

• steady in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• steady in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• steady at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• stayed