steady
adjective
uk
/ˈsted.i/ us
/ˈsted.i/steady adjective (GRADUAL)
The procession moved through the streets at a steady pace.
steady flow
steady trickle
slow but steady Progress has been slow but steady.
- There has been a steady decrease in the number of visitors.
- There's been a steady flow of visitors.
- We're making slow but steady progress with the decorating.
- The last few years have seen a steady increase in the number of infections.
- There has been a steady improvement in the situation.
- (as) slow as molasses idiom
- at a snail's pace idiom
- by and by idiom
- by degrees idiom
- claw
- claw your way (somewhere) idiom
- crawl
- in ones and twos idiom
- in slow motion
- inch by inch idiom
- inch towards something
- infiltrate
- slack
- slowdown
- slowly
- slowness
- slowpoke
- sluggardly
- wander
- worm
steady adjective (FIRM)
steady relationship Young people assume that if you are in a steady relationship, you don't have to worry about HIV.
Синоніми
- stillCan't you just sit still for a moment?
- motionlessHe stood motionless when he saw the snake.
- not move a muscleHe sat there the whole time and didn't move a muscle.
- stock-stillShe stood stock-still as soon as she saw the bear.
- immobileShe sat immobile, wondering what to do next.
- constantCheck to make sure your oven maintains a constant temperature.
- the sameYou look exactly the same as you did ten years ago!
- same old same oldThe Italian restaurant is under new management, but it's just the same old same old.
- unchangingHis novel is about the unchanging nature of humanity.
- unchangeableThe company's position on the matter is absolute and unchangeable.
- be (as) flat as a pancake idiom
- buttery
- clean-cut
- cleanly
- consistency
- flat
- flush
- juicing
- level with someone phrasal verb
- mellow
- peg
- peg against something
- plane
- relax
- smooth
- smooth skin
- smoothness
- square up phrasal verb
- straight edge
- straightness
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steady adjective (CONTROLLED)
B2
under control:
- anti-libertarian
- armlock
- boundary
- box someone out phrasal verb
- box someone/something in phrasal verb
- cripplingly
- crowd
- curb
- curtail
- curtailment
- keep (herself) to herself idiom
- limit
- limit something to something
- limitation
- limitative
- stunt
- suffocatingly
- tempered
- tie someone down phrasal verb
- tie someone up phrasal verb
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Ідіоми
steady verb [T] (STOP MOVING)
steady verb [T] (CONTROL)
- appease
- assuage
- bask
- break the ice idiom
- calm
- calm (someone) down phrasal verb
- compose
- lull
- lull someone into something phrasal verb
- make yourself at home idiom
- mellow
- mellow out
- melt
- relaxation
- self-soothe
- settle
- settle down phrasal verb
- settle someone's stomach
- shirt
- simmer
steady
adverb
old-fashioned uk
/ˈsted.i/ us
/ˈsted.i/