| a-hold | [nautical] close to the wind [to hold steady] |
| bolin | [nautical] bow-line, rope for steadying a sail |
| bowling, bowline | [nautical] rope which keeps the edge of a sail steady |
| certain | steady, settled, fixed |
| constant | settled, stable, steady |
| even | steady, steadfast, unwavering |
| gradation | step-by-step progress, steady steps |
| ill-rooted | unstable, unsteady, likely to fall down |
| industry | diligence, earnestness, steady application |
| insisture | [unclear meaning] steady continuance, constancy, regularity |
| level | steady, steadfast, constant |
| reel | waver, become unsteady, turn suddenly |
| settled | steady, steadfast, staunch |
| stable | steady, poised, self-possessed |
| unfirm | unsteady, flighty, capricious |
| unstaid | unsteady, unsettled, vacillating |
| unsteadfast | unsteady, precarious, not firm |