The adjective steady describes something that is firmly fixed in position. If you have to climb up on your roof, you definitely want to have a steady ladder. Otherwise, you risk ending up in the bushes instead of on the roof.
Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
Noun
a person loved by another person
Verb
make steady; "steady yourself"
Verb
support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter''s wheel"
Adjective S.
not easily excited or upset; "steady nerves"
Adjective S.
relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker"
Adjective S.
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
Adjective S.
securely in position; not shaky; "held the ladder steady"
Adjective S.
not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are still firm"
Adjective
not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer"
Adjective S.
persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature"; "a constant beat"; "principles of unvarying validity"; "a steady breeze"
Adverb
in a steady manner; "he could still walk steadily"
n.
Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking;
fixed; firm.
n.
Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle,
changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a
purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose,
or in the pursuit of an object.
n.
Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady
course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.
v. t.
To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling,
or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant,
regular, or resolute.
v. i.
To become steady; to regain a steady position or state;
to move steadily.
Steady
Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes watchful, and their hearts resolute.2.
Steady
Steady
Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel.
Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.
To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.
Usage Examples
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain.
A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.
And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction.
But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!
A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.
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Other Usage ExamplesA friendship like love is warm a love like friendship is steady.
God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.
I can't do the same movies all my life. I'm conscious of that. But it's a trade-off. 'Dear John' allowed me to do movies I've wanted to do. You learn to balance it out. I'm still learning. Only now am I getting to do the kinds of movies that I have wanted to do. So it's a steady climb. You don't jump into a Soderbergh film.
Be curious, learn and read as much as you can about food. Don't worry about making money. Focus on learning at various venues before you settle down for a steady position.
Daddy was real gentle with kids. That's why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant.
Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.
I believe you'll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis.
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