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Steady-going   /stˈɛdi-gˈoʊɪŋ/   Listen
Steady-going

adjective
1.
Consistent in performance or behavior.  Synonyms: dependable, rock-steady.  "A steady-going family man"






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"Steady-going" Quotes from Famous Books



... continued. "Not that I'm defending that poor creature, whoever she was. They seem to be a pretty staid, steady-going couple." ...
— Bertram Cope's Year • Henry Blake Fuller

... insect world: he attends strictly to business, loses no time in wild or reckless excursions, and flies by the straightest path from flower to flower of the same species with mathematical precision. Moreover, he is careful, cautious, observant, and steady-going—a model business man, in fact, of sound middle-class morals and sober middle-class intelligence. No flitting for him, no coquetting, no fickleness. Therefore, the flowers that have adapted themselves to his needs, and that depend upon him mainly or solely ...
— Science in Arcady • Grant Allen



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