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Webster 1828 Edition


Steddy

STEADY

, STEDDY,
Adj.
1.
Firm in standing or position; fixed; not tottering or shaking; applicable to any object.
2.
Constant in mind, purpose or pursuit; not fickle, changeable or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; as a man steddy in his principles, steddy in his purpose, steddy in the pursuit of an object, steddy in his application to business.
3.
Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as the steddy course of the sun. Steer the ship a steddy course. A large river runs with a steddy stream.
4.
Regular; not fluctuating; as a steddy breeze of wind.

STEADY

, STEDDY,
Verb.
T.
To hold or keep from shaking, reeling or falling; to support; to make or keep firm. Steddy my hand.

Definition 2024


steddy

steddy

English

Verb

steddy (third-person singular simple present steddies, present participle steddying, simple past and past participle steddied)

  1. Obsolete form of steady.