steadied

as inpoise
as inbalance
as instabilize
as instiffen
as inbrace
as incalm
as inbecalm
as ininfix
as inpin on
as indo for
as ineven
as infix

Synonyms for steadied

verb balance, suspend

Antonyms for steadied

Word Origin & History

1520s (replacing earlier steadfast), from stead + adjectival suffix -y (2), perhaps on model of Middle Dutch, Middle Low German stadig. Old English had stæððig "grave, serious," and stedig "barren," but neither seems to be the direct source of the modern word. Old Norse cognate stoðugr "steady, stable" was closer in sense.

Originally of things; of persons or minds from c.1600. Meaning "working at an even rate" is first recorded in 1540s. Steady progress is etymologically a contradiction in terms. Steady state first attested 1885; as a cosmological theory (propounded by Bondi, Gold, and Hoyle), it is attested from 1948.

Example Sentences for steadied

I steadied my nerves with a tiny glass of Curaoa, and looked again.

He steadied himself with an effort, and looking again saw that she was alone.

And Eleanore was smiling—in a way that steadied me in a flash.

It was obvious that they were to haul as the tree, steadied by the guides, began to fall.

Rabecque gripped him by the shoulder, and steadied him with a hand that hurt.

And it was not their presence so much as the necessity for action that restrained and steadied her.

She pressed her lips together, and steadied herself resolutely.

He steadied himself, and the words began to take form before him.

Captain Whalley steadied the trembling of his limbs by an effort.

She caught hold of the back of the chair and steadied herself.