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# steadfast

«steadfast» in Mova's school dictionary: **Firm and loyal; not changing in what you believe or in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (steadfast, more steadfast, most steadfast)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Firm and loyal; not changing in what you believe or in who you support: a steadfast friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/#m1)

2) Firm and not moving: a steadfast gaze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories, poems, the Bible and talk about values. It praises loyalty and faithfulness. Hans Christian Andersen wrote «The Steadfast Tin Soldier». In the Bible, «steadfast love» is used for God's faithful love. In The Wind in the Willows Rat, Mole and Badger stay steadfast friends to Toad.

### examples

- Rat was a steadfast friend to Mole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/#x1)
- The tin soldier stayed steadfast to the end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/#x2)
- She was steadfast in her belief that he was innocent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/#x3)
- The Psalms speak of God's steadfast love. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/#x4)
- The dog waited, steadfast, by the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/#x5)
- He gave her a steadfast look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/#x6)
- He looked at the little lady, she looked at him, and he felt that he was melting; but he remained steadfast, with his gun at his shoulder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/#x7)

### note

Adverb: steadfastly. Old spelling: stedfast. Similar: loyal, faithful, unwavering. Opposite: fickle, wavering.

### In the corpora

- [My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises, even with my glory.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1999/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «steadfast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.