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Search phrase: steady

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Glossary

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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
certainsteady, settled, fixed
constantsettled, stable, steady
evensteady, steadfast, unwavering
gradationstep-by-step progress, steady steps
ill-rootedunstable, unsteady, likely to fall down
industrydiligence, earnestness, steady application
insisture[unclear meaning] steady continuance, constancy, regularity
levelsteady, steadfast, constant
reelwaver, become unsteady, turn suddenly
settledsteady, steadfast, staunch
stablesteady, poised, self-possessed
unfirmunsteady, flighty, capricious
unstaidunsteady, unsettled, vacillating
unsteadfastunsteady, precarious, not firm

Thesaurus

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application, steadyindustry
continuance, steadyinsisture
rope steadying a sailbowling, bowline
steadyconstant
steadycertain
steadyeven
steadysettled
steadylevel
steadystable
steady stepsgradation
unsteadyunsteadfast
unsteadyunstaid
unsteadyunfirm
unsteadyill-rooted
unsteady, becomereel

Themes and Topics

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Ships...ached to the edge of a sail to keep it steady cabin tem i ii 197 [as in modern...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
STABLE [steady]BASICstable adj, stableness n
STABLE [steady]NOTunstable adj
STEADBASICsteady adv
UNSTABLEBASICsee STABLE [steady]

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