steadiness

English

Etymology

From steady +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• enPR: stĕdʹinəs, IPA^(key): /ˈstɛdinəs/

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Noun

steadiness (usually uncountable, plural steadinesses)

1. The state of being steady.
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXIX, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:

     He brimmed with deep feeling as he replied in a steady voice, the steadiness of which was spoilt by the palpableness of his great effort to keep it so:— […]

2. The degree of stability.

Antonyms

• unsteadiness

Translations

the state of being steady

• Finnish: vakaus (fi)
• Irish: fostacht f
• Latin: stabilitās f
• Manx: neuchorraghys m
• Russian: усто́йчивость (ru) f (ustójčivostʹ)
• Spanish: firmeza (es) f
• Swedish: styrsel (sv), stadighet (sv)

the degree of stability

• Finnish: vakaus (fi)
• Russian: усто́йчивость (ru) f (ustójčivostʹ), стаби́льность (ru) f (stabílʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: estabilidad (es) f
• Swedish: stadighet (sv)