STEADINESS, STEDDINESS, n.
1. Firmness of standing or position; a state of being not tottering or easily moved or shaken. A man stands with steddiness; he walks with steddiness.
2. Firmness of mind or purpose; constancy; resolution. We say, a man has steddiness of mind, steddiness in opinion, steddiness in the pursuit of objects.
3. Consistent uniform conduct.
Steddiness is a point of prudence as well as of courage.
