steadiness

From steady + -ness.

• enPR: stĕdʹinəs, IPA^(key): /ˈstɛdinəs/

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steadiness (usually uncountable, plural steadinesses)

1. The state of being steady.
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXIX, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:

     He brimmed with deep feeling as he replied in a steady voice, the steadiness of which was spoilt by the palpableness of his great effort to keep it so:— […]

2. The degree of stability.

• unsteadiness