Steady

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.

(2): ( 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.

(3): ( 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.

(4): ( v. i.) To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.

(5): ( n.) Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.

King James Dictionary

Steady, Steddy, a.

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