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unˈwavering, ppl. a. (un-1 10.)
1570Levins Manip. 137 Vnwauering, immotus. 1667H. More Disc. Faith (1713) 579 Forasmuch as Faith..is nothing but an unwavering assent to some Doctrine [etc.]. 1721Strype Eccl. Mem. II. ii. i. 253 To shew how unwavering she continued in her formerly declared purpose. 1739C. & J. Wesley Hymns 12 With Steps unwav'ring, undismay'd Give me in all thy Paths to tread. 1801Coleridge Triumph Loyalty i. 330 All objects there will teach me Unwavering Love. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. 409 An unwavering pursuit of a single policy. 1884A. R. Pennington Wiclif iii. 120 He was as unwavering in his tone as in his reply to the ‘motley doctor’. Hence unˈwaveringly adv.
1830Coleridge Constit. Ch. & State 1 The mark, to which my convictions and wishes have..unwaveringly pointed. 1872Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 139 When the Queen..Found her son's will unwaveringly one, She answer'd craftily. |