steady
adjective
firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium.
steadied
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past participleof steady.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof steady.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
steadyadjectivefirmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium.
Example Sentences
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O'Neill steadied the Celtic ship twice last term following the departures of Brendan Rodgers and Wilfried Nancy.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Shares of technology companies steadied near the closing bell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Stocks rose and bonds steadied after Friday’s warm CPI report took ‘a lot of the guesswork’ out of next week’s Fed decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Marnus Labuschagne and Smith steadied the ship, before the former was bowled by Taijul Islam for 31.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He steadied himself on the walls on either side, huffing and puffing and quite worried he was going to blow the house down, when, at last, the stairs flattened into a wide room.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
