Steadfast
adjective
Not changing in your views or aim.
Despite all the obstacles, she remained steadfast in pursuing her dreams.
Often appears as...
- steadfast determination
- steadfast allegiance
adjective
Strongly loyal or constant.
He was her steadfast friend who always stood by her side.
Often appears as...
- steadfast loyalty
- steadfast companion
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Firmly fixed or not moving.
The anchor held the ship steadfast against the storm.
Often appears as...
- steadfast gaze
- steadfast grip
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Technical
adjective
Not changing in your views or aim.
Despite all the obstacles, she remained steadfast in pursuing her dreams.
Often appears as...
- steadfast determination
- steadfast allegiance
adjective
Strongly loyal or constant.
He was her steadfast friend who always stood by her side.
Often appears as...
- steadfast loyalty
- steadfast companion
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Firmly fixed or not moving.
The anchor held the ship steadfast against the storm.
Often appears as...
- steadfast gaze
- steadfast grip
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Strength
Use 'steadfast' to describe someone's strong commitment, suggesting emotional strength in challenges.
She was steadfast in her fight for justice.
Pro Tip 2/3Goals and Beliefs
'Steadfast' often implies not being easily swayed from goals, beliefs, or principles.
Despite criticism, he remained steadfast in his beliefs.
Pro Tip 3/3Unchanged Under Pressure
'Steadfast' shows that someone's decision or spirit doesn't change even under great pressure.
The community was steadfast in their protest despite the cold weather.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Strength
Use 'steadfast' to describe someone's strong commitment, suggesting emotional strength in challenges.
She was steadfast in her fight for justice.
Pro Tip 2/3Goals and Beliefs
'Steadfast' often implies not being easily swayed from goals, beliefs, or principles.
Despite criticism, he remained steadfast in his beliefs.
Pro Tip 3/3Unchanged Under Pressure
'Steadfast' shows that someone's decision or spirit doesn't change even under great pressure.
The community was steadfast in their protest despite the cold weather.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Strength
Use 'steadfast' to describe someone's strong commitment, suggesting emotional strength in challenges.
She was steadfast in her fight for justice.
Pro Tip 2/3Goals and Beliefs
'Steadfast' often implies not being easily swayed from goals, beliefs, or principles.
Despite criticism, he remained steadfast in his beliefs.
Pro Tip 3/3Unchanged Under Pressure
'Steadfast' shows that someone's decision or spirit doesn't change even under great pressure.
The community was steadfast in their protest despite the cold weather.
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Video examples
How One Brilliant Woman...
showed the deep valley it showed how it splits the mid-atlantic ridge in half and it showed that darks maps were right all along it was exactly where she potted it and the evidence mounted the paradigm shift and the earth sciences was inevitable such steadfast determination has paved
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The five major world...
insight, peace, and steadfastness. From the time he got up from under that tree to the moment of his death as an old man, the Buddha taught people how to become right speech, right goals, a mind focused on what is real, and a heart focused on loving others.
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The new American Dream PIPE...
My parents made sure that I grew up on a kind of steady ground that allows one to question and risk and leap. And ironically, and probably sometimes to their frustration, it is their steadfast commitment to security that allows me to question its value,
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Steven Pinker and...
But is this necessarily a bad thing? Perhaps reason is overrated. Many pundits have argued that a good heart and steadfast moral clarity are superior to triangulations of overeducated policy wonks, like the best and brightest and that dragged us
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The true story of 'true'...
something you can see and touch. And they are as reliable and steadfast to us today as they were a millennium ago, nurturing us, sheltering us, and providing the pages of our books. Philosophers and poets, people in search of the truth,
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How to lead in a crisis...
Now doing this requires being very transparent about what your values are, and in this way, your steadfastness shows not in your plans but in your values. Prime Minister Ardern's clear purpose all along was protecting human life.
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Rescuing Adorable Grey...
where they belong thanks to uk wide organizations and committed individuals the uk continues to play a vital part in taking care of the globally important population of grey seals with their steadfast approach of
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The tragic myth of the...
but Phaethon was steadfast, so the god prepared him for the journey. With a crack of the reins, he was off. In flight, Phaethon’s mortal insecurities fell away. But soon, the reins slackened in his hands.
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Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
And that is the story of an aid worker in Darfur. Here was a woman who had worked in Darfur, seeing things that no human being should see. Throughout her time there, she was strong, she was steadfast.
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Thai Boxing PIPE National...
better lives physical strength isn't enough they must be disciplined and steadfast in their preparation but modern white-eyed does
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How One Brilliant Woman...
showed the deep valley it showed how it splits the mid-atlantic ridge in half and it showed that darks maps were right all along it was exactly where she potted it and the evidence mounted the paradigm shift and the earth sciences was inevitable such steadfast determination has paved
Video examples
The five major world...
insight, peace, and steadfastness. From the time he got up from under that tree to the moment of his death as an old man, the Buddha taught people how to become right speech, right goals, a mind focused on what is real, and a heart focused on loving others.
Video examples
The new American Dream PIPE...
My parents made sure that I grew up on a kind of steady ground that allows one to question and risk and leap. And ironically, and probably sometimes to their frustration, it is their steadfast commitment to security that allows me to question its value,
Video examples
Steven Pinker and...
But is this necessarily a bad thing? Perhaps reason is overrated. Many pundits have argued that a good heart and steadfast moral clarity are superior to triangulations of overeducated policy wonks, like the best and brightest and that dragged us
Video examples
The true story of 'true'...
something you can see and touch. And they are as reliable and steadfast to us today as they were a millennium ago, nurturing us, sheltering us, and providing the pages of our books. Philosophers and poets, people in search of the truth,
Video examples
How to lead in a crisis...
Now doing this requires being very transparent about what your values are, and in this way, your steadfastness shows not in your plans but in your values. Prime Minister Ardern's clear purpose all along was protecting human life.
Video examples
Rescuing Adorable Grey...
where they belong thanks to uk wide organizations and committed individuals the uk continues to play a vital part in taking care of the globally important population of grey seals with their steadfast approach of
Video examples
The tragic myth of the...
but Phaethon was steadfast, so the god prepared him for the journey. With a crack of the reins, he was off. In flight, Phaethon’s mortal insecurities fell away. But soon, the reins slackened in his hands.
Video examples
Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
And that is the story of an aid worker in Darfur. Here was a woman who had worked in Darfur, seeing things that no human being should see. Throughout her time there, she was strong, she was steadfast.
Video examples
Thai Boxing PIPE National...
better lives physical strength isn't enough they must be disciplined and steadfast in their preparation but modern white-eyed does
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Brad Thor
American Novelist
I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal.
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Buddha
Leader
A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.
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Elizabeth Gilbert
American Novelist
My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual practices become another thing for you to be anxious about, they've lost their usefulness.
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James Madison
American President
A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
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Chris Chocola
American Politician
We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place.
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Robert De Niro
Actor
I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right.
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Euripides
Greek Poet
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
English Politician
Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
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David Mamet
American Dramatist
The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.
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Christopher Marlowe
English Dramatist
Above our life we love a steadfast friend.
Quote examples
Brad Thor
American Novelist
I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal.
Quote examples
Buddha
Leader
A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Gilbert
American Novelist
My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual practices become another thing for you to be anxious about, they've lost their usefulness.
Quote examples
James Madison
American President
A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
Quote examples
Chris Chocola
American Politician
We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place.
Quote examples
Robert De Niro
Actor
I have so much respect for directors. It's a tremendous amount of pressure; you have to keep steadfast and keep what you know is right.
Quote examples
Euripides
Greek Poet
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
Quote examples
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
English Politician
Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
Quote examples
David Mamet
American Dramatist
The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.
Quote examples
Christopher Marlowe
English Dramatist
Above our life we love a steadfast friend.
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