Unsteady
[ʌn'stedɪ] or [ʌn'stɛdi]
Definition
(adj.) subject to change or variation; 'her unsteady walk'; 'his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine'; 'an unsteady voice' .
Editor: Randolph--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unsettled, fluctuating, oscillating, restless.[2]. Inconstant, fickle, unsteadfast, unstable, changeable, vacillating, wavering, mutable, variable, ever-changing.
Typed by Bernadine
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wavering, unstable, variable, fickle, restless, fitful,[See INDESCRIBABLE]
Editor: Lorna
Definition
adj. not steady: changeable.—v.t. to make unsteady.—adj. Unstead′fast not steadfast or resolute: insecure.—adv. Unstead′fastly.—n. Unstead′fastness.—adv. Unstead′ily in an unsteady manner.—n. Unstead′iness the state or quality of being unsteady: want of firmness: irresolution.
Typist: Preston
Examples
- She took one with an unsteady hand, and putting it to her lips, leaned forward to draw her light from his. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I am very glad to have seen you, Lily continued, summoning a smile to her unsteady lips. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She was an old lady in a large cap, with rather a red nose and rather an unsteady eye, but smiling all over. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mrs. Waule has been telling uncle that Fred is very unsteady. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- You think me unsteady: easily swayed by the whim of the moment, easily tempted, easily put aside. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- But the Blenkinsop engine was found to be very unsteady, and tore up the tram-rails, and when its boiler blew up the owner decided that the engine was not worth the cost of repair. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- War rages yet with the audacious Boythorn, though at uncertain intervals, and now hotly, and now coolly, flickering like an unsteady fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A very small measure will overset him; he may be bowled off his unsteady legs with a half-pint pot. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They were done with some very poor instrument, and hurriedly, with an unsteady hand. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Tippins all abroad about the legs, and seeking to express that those unsteady articles are only skipping in their native buoyancy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I said so, with a voice as resolute in intent, as it was low, and perhaps unsteady in utterance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- That you were very unsteady. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Then, getting on his unsteady legs, leaning heavily upon her, and growling, 'Hold still, can't you? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- There was a vague uneasiness associated with the word unsteady which she hoped Rosamond might say something to dissipate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Sir, I do not wish to act against you, I said; and my unsteady voice warned me to curtail my sentence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Typist: Preston