steadying

as inequilibrium
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

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noun balance; evenness

Antonyms for steadying

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 steadying

She was a steadying influence in his life, a useful and necessary thing.

Then,” said Diane, steadying at once, “we had better close the door into the passage.

Kyan, steadying himself with one hand on the pipe, waved the other wildly.

But Jabe, suddenly calm, turned and eyed him with a steadying gaze.

He was aware at intervals that he was steadying himself like a drunken man.

She swayed dizzily and he put a strong, steadying arm about her.

And he glanced at the crate that Westray was steadying with his hand on the opposite seat.

"That was on the hill," said Mrs. Brenner slowly, steadying her voice.

She took a step and another, steadying herself by means of the tree-trunks.

She brings him from rear room, her arm about him, steadying him.

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