steady-going

[sted-ee-goh-ing]

adjective

1. steadfast; faithful; unchanging.

   steady-going service to the cause of justice.

2. regular and dependable, as in habits of living.

   a steady-going family man.

Word History and Origins

Origin of steady-going¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The most steady-going and venerable institutions began to be reanimated by the infusion of new blood, and to be pervaded by the newest and most 'dangerous' ideas.

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He's a steady-going fellow and all that sort of thing.

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The man who can bluff most successfully is the steady-going player with whom high stakes are the usual indication of good cards.

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You should see him now: a regular steady-going old Dutchman, fat and taciturn, who smokes his afternoons away in the summer-house.

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Mr. Cardwell is a dull, steady-going, respectable man, who has no pretension to anything like the rank, social influence, or even popularity of Sidney Herbert.

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