stedfast

[ sted-fast, -fahst, -fuhst ]

/ ˈstɛdˌfæst, -ˌfɑst, -fəst /

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adjective

a variant of steadfast.

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Words nearby stedfast

steatorrhoea, steatosis, Stębark, stech, Stechhelm, stedfast, steed, steek, steel, steel band, steel blue

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How to use stedfast in a sentence

Our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so are ye also of the comfort.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians|James Denney
The stedfast experienced woman rebuked that volatile, and some might say, faithless girl.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith
This breeze is usually stedfast, and its promise of a bland and cloudless evening, may be trusted.
Wieland; or The Transformation|Charles Brockden Brown
She raised her beautiful liquid eyes to Lucios face, but he was not looking her way, and her stedfast gaze met mine instead.
The Sorrows of Satan|Marie Corelli

These Christians continued stedfast at the faith till about the year 750, yet with some tincture of error.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI|Robert Kerr

British Dictionary definitions for stedfast

stedfast

/ (ˈstɛdfəst, -ˌfɑːst) /

adjective

a less common spelling of steadfast

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