Meaning
Firm and not shaking; staying the same, without sudden changes.
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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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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 25, lesson 3: steady, particularly, joint and 7 more words.