steady-handed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of steady-handed
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2024
Swift went on to call Harris a "steady-handed, gifted leader".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024
After a carousel of part-time drummers, DLO3 finally found a full-time kitminder in Dan Weiss of Nevada band The Sextones, a steady-handed drummer who emerged from a pool of 160 applicants.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
“I’m pretty steady-handed, don’t have much of a tremor,” Dr. Wehby, a Republican Senate candidate and pediatric neurosurgeon, joked to a small group of people here in this Portland suburb.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2014
Yet he faced his foemen with dauntless courage, dashing in, springing back, sure-footed, steady-handed, with a point which seemed to menace three at once.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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