What is the meaning of steady?

noun

• A person loved by another person.
  • synonyms: sweetheart, sweetie, truelove

verb

• Make steady.
  • usage: "steady yourself"
  • synonyms: calm, becalm
• Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace.
  • usage: "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"
  • synonyms: brace, stabilize, stabilise

adjective

• Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior.
  • usage: "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer"
• Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall.
  • usage: "stocks are still firm"
  • synonyms: firm, unfluctuating
• Securely in position; not shaky.
  • usage: "held the ladder steady"
• Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable.
  • usage: "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"
  • synonyms: firm, steadfast, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering
• Relating to a person who does something regularly.
  • usage: "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker"
  • synonyms: regular
• Not easily excited or upset.
  • usage: "steady nerves"

adverb

• In a steady manner.
  • usage: "he could still walk steadily"
  • synonyms: steadily