STEADIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does steadied mean? 

• STEADIED (adjective)
  The adjective STEADIED has 1 sense:

1. made steady or constant

  Familiarity information: STEADIED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEADIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made steady or constant

Context example:

the noise became a steadied roaring

Similar:

steady (not subject to change or variation especially in behavior)

 Context examples 

When he had steadied himself he stepped forward, but reeled again and nearly fell.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

As I did so, and as the flicker steadied into a flame, we all gave a gasp of surprise.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The boat sheered out with a rush, and the hunter steadied it to a parallel course some twenty feet from the side of the Ghost.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Laurie drew his hand across his eyes, but could not speak till he had subdued the choky feeling in his throat and steadied his lips.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I cleared and steadied my voice to reply: All is changed about me, sir; I must change too—there is no doubt of that; and to avoid fluctuations of feeling, and continual combats with recollections and associations, there is only one way—Adele must have a new governess, sir.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I put three or four spokes over to counteract a sheer toward the wind on the part of the Ghost, and then steadied her.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Then the importance of the process quickly steadied her, and by the time she had her curls arranged in well-smoothed, drooping clusters, her pink satin frock put on, her long sash tied, and her lace mittens adjusted, she looked as grave as any judge.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Then he saw above him the face of Oona, and felt about him the arms of Oona; and for a moment the sun steadied and stood still, and the great walls were upright and moved not.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

But the thought of the men in the midst of it steadied me, and in my quest for them I forgot myself.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)