STEADINESS, STEDDINESS, n. 1. Firmness of standing or position; a state of being not tottering or easily moved or shaken. A man stands with steddiness; he walks with steddiness.2. Firmness of mind or purpose; constancy; resolution. We say, a man has steddiness of mind, steddiness in opinion, steddiness in the pursuit of objects.3. Consistent uniform conduct.Steddiness is a point of prudence as well as of courage.
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