steady-going
Americanadjective
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steadfast; faithful; unchanging.
steady-going service to the cause of justice.
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regular and dependable, as in habits of living.
a steady-going family man.
Etymology
Origin of steady-going
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Thus, at London last week, famed "militant suffragette" Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, now a venerable steady-going matron, reminisced to newsgatherers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shoulder to shoulder fought the witty, opportunist youngsters who follow David Lloyd George, and the grave, steady-going oldsters who, like Lord Grey, are chiefly composed of moral fibres.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fourteen years ago he quit the New York Sun, on which he had been a steady-going "wheelhorse" reporter of the Frank Ward O'Malley period, to work for Publicist Lee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week he acted up, scandalized most of his steady-going countrymen.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Aspects of Modern Oxford by Godley, A. D. (Alfred Denis)
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