steady-as-she-goes
steady-as-she-goes adjective: steady; careful; avoiding sudden change.
Adjective
steady-as-she-goes (not comparable)
- steady; careful; avoiding sudden change
- Graham James, the bishop of Norwich, is favourite everywhere of the steady-as-she-goes party. He is widely experienced – he worked in Lambeth Palace under the previous archbishop, Lord Carey – and widely trusted, as well as scholarly.2012 September 20, Andrew Brown, “Archbishop of Canterbury succession race begins in earnest”, in The Guardian (online)
- He looked to be in fine shape, sitting glassy-eyed behind the wheel, staring straight at the narrow two-lane highway, holding a steady-as-she-goes course of fifty miles an hour.2000, Matthew V. Schofield, When Reason Fails
steady-as-she-goes meaning in Bengali
steady-as-she-goes in Bengali
- অবিচল, সতর্ক, আকস্মিক পরিবর্তন পরিহারকারী
Origin of steady-as-she-goes
From the nautical phrase steady as she goes.
Questions about steady-as-she-goes
- What does steady-as-she-goes mean?
- Steady-as-she-goes means steady; careful; avoiding sudden change.
- What is steady-as-she-goes in Bengali?
- Steady-as-she-goes in Bengali is অবিচল, সতর্ক, আকস্মিক পরিবর্তন পরিহারকারী. See Steady-as-she-goes meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is steady-as-she-goes?
- Steady-as-she-goes is an adjective.
Words near steady-as-she-goes in the dictionary
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