Steadying
[stediŋ]
Definition
(adj.) causing to become steady; 'had a steadying effect on her nerves' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steady
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Examples
- You can lie comfortably, on your back, with your head out, and your legs out from your knees down, by steadying yourself with your hands. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She, her flowers shaken from her like froth, was steadying herself to turn the angle of the church. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This danger imposes upon the school a steadying and integrating office. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He staggered under it, steadying himself against the desk. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But he sat up, steadying himself with his hand and waiting for his heart to become stiller and less painful. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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