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untottering

untottering adjective: not tottering; stable; steadfast.

Adjective

untottering (not comparable)

  1. Not tottering; stable; steadfast.
    • Tied up and twisted; gnarled and knotted with wrinkles; haggardly firm and unyielding; his eyes glowing like coals, that still glow in the ashes of ruin; untottering Ahab stood forth in the clearness of the morn[…]1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Origin of untottering

From un- + tottering.

Questions about untottering

What does untottering mean?
Untottering means not tottering; stable; steadfast.
What part of speech is untottering?
Untottering is an adjective.

Words near untottering in the dictionary

  1. untorturable
  2. untortured
  3. untossed
  4. untotaled
  5. untotalled
  6. untottering
  7. untouch
  8. untouchability
  9. untouchable
  10. untouchable number
  11. untouchable numbers

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