steady

• adj. 安定している；不変である；構成されている
• vi.
• vt. 安定させる；安定させる；固める
• adv. 着実に; しっかりと
• n. 固定した関係にあるカップル；固定した支え

steady、位置、場所、-y、形容詞接尾辞。

steady

steady: [16] Steady was derived from stead ‘place’, probably on the model of Middle Low German stēdig ‘stable’. This in turn went back to a prehistoric Germanic *stadigaz, a product of the same base as produced English stead. Its etymological meaning is ‘fixed in one place’.
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steady (adj.)

1520s, "firmly fixed in place or station" (replacing earlier steadfast), from stead + adjectival suffix -y (2), perhaps on model of Middle Dutch, Middle Low German stadig. Old English had st?eeig "grave, serious," and stedig "barren," but neither seems to be the direct source of the modern word. Old Norse cognate stoeugr "steady, stable" was closer in sense. As an adverb from c. 1600.

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. Related: Steadily.

steady (v.)

1520s, transitive and intransitive, from steady (adj.). Related: Steadied; steadying.

steady (n.)

1792, "a steady thing or place," from steady (adj.). From 1885 as "something that holds another object steady." Meaning "one's boyfriend or girlfriend" is from 1897; to go steady is 1905 in teenager slang.

1. Gail was silent for a moment，regarding Harry with his steady gaze.

ゲイルは落ち着いてハリーを見つめ、しばらく黙っていた。

2.She felt increasingly uncomfortable under the woman 's steady gaze.

その女性は彼女をじっと見つめていて、ますます気まずい思いをさせた。

3.He was firm and steady unlike other men she knew.

彼はしっかりしていて、彼女が知っている他の男とは違います。

4.It 's been hard to get a steady fix on what 's going on.

起きていることに関心を持ち続けることは容易ではありません。

5.He reached for a cigarette and lit it,fingers rock steady .

彼は手を伸ばしてタバコを持って点火し、指はびくともしない。