noun
Meaning 1
The state of being steady.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
steadiness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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stĕdʹinəs
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noun
Meaning 2
The degree of stability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the quality of being steady--regular and unvarying
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unsteadiness
Broader terms: regularity
noun
Meaning 4
the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: firmness
Antonyms: unsteadiness
Broader terms: immovability, immovableness
Narrower terms: granite, sureness, stability, stableness
noun
Meaning 5
freedom from wavering or indecision; constancy of resolve or conduct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He trusted her clear steadiness that she would do what she said
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English steady Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English steadiness From steady + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vakaus — the state of being steady
- Irish: fostacht — the state of being steady
- Latin: stabilitās — the state of being steady
- Manx: neuchorraghys — the state of being steady
- Polish: stałość — the state of being steady
- Russian: усто́йчивость (ustójčivostʹ) — the state of being steady
- Spanish: firmeza — the state of being steady
- Swedish: styrsel — the state of being steady
- Swedish: stadighet — the state of being steady
- Tamil: நிதானம் (nitāṉam) — the state of being steady
- Finnish: vakaus — the degree of stability
- Polish: równomierność — the degree of stability
- Russian: усто́йчивость (ustójčivostʹ) — the degree of stability
- Russian: стаби́льность (stabílʹnostʹ) — the degree of stability
- Spanish: estabilidad — the degree of stability
- Swedish: stadighet — the degree of stability
Real reading context