Kilo Lingo

/ˈstedi/

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Translation

Firm and not shaking; staying the same, without sudden changes.

Word origin

Made from stead, an old word for a place, plus -y; from Old English stede, meaning a fixed place or position.

Origin
Old English
Root
stede
English cognates
instead, steadily

Examples

ladder .

"Steady" here means firm and not moving.

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Hands that do not shake are steady hands.

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Here "steady" means staying the same, without change.

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This word is part of lesson 45.