Steadiness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Steadiness \Stead"i*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being steady.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Steadiness is a point of prudence as well as of
           courage.                                 --L'Estrange.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Constancy; resolution; unchangeableness.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  steadiness
       n 1: the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed
            in place [syn: {firmness}] [ant: {unsteadiness}]
       2: the quality of being steady--regular and unvarying [ant: {unsteadiness}]