undeviatingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈdiːvɪeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈdiviˌeɪdɪŋ/ Showing no deviation; maintaining the same course; steady, constant:
a. Of conduct, character, etc.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]
fasteOE
stathelfasteOE
anredOE
hardOE
starkOE
trueOE
steadfast993
fastredeOE
stithc1000
findyOE
stablea1275
stathelyc1275
stiffc1275
stablec1290
steel to the (very) backa1300
unbowinga1300
stably13..
firm1377
unmovablea1382
constantc1386
abidingc1400
toughc1400
sure1421
unmoblea1425
unfaintedc1425
unfaint1436
permanent?a1475
stalwartc1480
unbroken1513
immovable1534
inconcuss1542
unshaken1548
stout1569
unwavering1570
undiscourageable1571
fixed1574
discourageable1576
unappalled1578
resolute1579
unremoved1583
resolved1585
unflexiblea1586
unshakeda1586
square1589
unstooping1597
iron1598
rocky1601
steady1602
undeclinable1610
unboweda1616
unfainting1615
unswayed1615
staunch1624
undiscourageda1628
staid1631
unshook1633
blue?1636
true blue?1636
tenacious1640
uncomplying1643
yieldless1651
riveting1658
unshakened1659
inconquerable1660
unyielding1677
unbendinga1688
tight1690
unswerving1694
unfaltering1727
unsubmitting1730
undeviating1732
undrooping1736
impervertible1741
undamped1742
undyingc1765
sturdy1775
stiff as a poker1798
unfickle1802
indivertible1821
thick and thin1822
undisheartened1827
inconvertible1829
straightforward1829
indomitable1830
stickfast1831
unsuccumbing1833
unturnable1847
unswerved1849
undivertible1856
unforsaking1862
swerveless1863
steeve1870
rock-ribbed1884
stiff in the back1897
1732 J. Arbuthnot Epit. Don Francisco in London Mag. Apr. 39 That undeviating Viciousness of Life.
1763 O. Goldsmith Martial Rev. Pref. p. iv Rational entertainment and undeviating candour.
1808 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) I. i. 59 Stern, steady, and undeviating industry.
1841 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. viii. 123 Whose kindness is, and has been, constant and undeviating.
b. In other applications.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > a straight course > [adjective] > keeping a straight course
right1583
unturning1593
inerratic1662
undiverted1665
undeviating1785
undiverging1795
undeflected1852
swerveless1863
undeviated1889
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 127 The race Of the undeviating and punctual sun.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 37 With such undeviating and even force He severs it away.
1826 D. Booth Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 7 Undeviating and powerful causes of destruction or fermentation.
1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. i. 11 Language..obeys undeviating laws of its own.
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