unsteadfastadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdfɑːst/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdfast/, U.S.

/ˌənˈstɛdˌfæst/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2 Compare Old Norse ústaðfast-r (older Danish ustadfæst).

1. Of persons, the mind, etc.: Not steadfast in conduct or opinion; inconstant, fickle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective]

unfastc888

unstathelfasteOE

unsteadfasta1200

fleeting?c1225

changeablea1275

ficklea1275

unstablec1290

waveringc1315

flickerc1325

loose in the haftc1325

motleyc1380

unsadc1384

variablea1387

variantc1386

ticklec1400

inconstant1402

flitting1413

brittle1420

plianta1425

mutablec1425

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

moonishc1450

unconstant1483

unfirm1483

varying?a1500

pliablea1513

fluctuant1575

changeling1577

shittle-headed1580

cheverel1583

off and on1583

chameleon-like1589

changeful1590

limber1602

unsteady1604

ticklish1606

skittish1609

startling1619

labile1623

uncertaina1625

cheverelized1625

remuant1625

fluctuate1631

fluctuary1632

various1636

contrarious1643

epileptical1646

fluxilea1654

shittle-braineda1655

multivolent1656

totter-headed1662

on and off1668

self-inconsistent1678

weathercocka1680

whifflinga1680

versatile1682

veering1684

fast and loose1697

inconsistent1709

insteadfast1728

unfixing1810

unsteadied1814

chameleonic1821

labefact1874

ballastless1884

weathercocky1886

whiffle-minded1902

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering > unstable

unstable1390

unsteadfasta1400

tickle1515

unstayed1594

unsteady1598

shittle1601

firmless1605

flitty1642

totty1652

shuttlec1682

unfirm1697

wankly1795

wankya1825

cockery1825

wobbly1833

tottlish1835

earthquaky1837

tottling1849

shaky1850

cockly1859

unsteadied1865

shoggy1866

wankle1869

wibblety-wobblety1877

cockerty1895

tipsy1895

rocky1900

wibbly-wobbly1901

tottly1905

topply1913

wibbly1914

a1200 Moral Ode 241 in Old Eng. Hom. I. 175 Þo boð þa þe weren her a þanke unstedefeste.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 61 We turnen ofte to him and fro him, for we beð unstedefaste.

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 944 Huo wolde wene þat a weih woxen on elde Were wist for vnstedefast of word or of dede?

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6516 Þi folk..has don a suik, Sin þat þou com fra þam last, þou sal þam find ful vn-stedfast.

c1450 Mankind 207 in Macro Plays 8 I am onstedfast in lywynge; my name ys ‘Mankynde’.

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. xxii. 214 I am ryghte feble and vnstedfaste.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 193 This king was..vnstedfast of maners and disposed to lightnesse.

1601 T. Campion in P. Rosseter Bk. of Ayres i. xiv. sig. E2 [My heart] is dismaid by thee, Who art so cruell and vnsteedfast growne.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems 319 When my weakened soul Unstedfast, into this Outworld doth reel.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 89 Pardon in me The oscillation of a mind Unsteadfast.

1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Cino da Pistoia in Early Ital. Poets ii. 320 He answers Dante, confessing his unsteadfast Heart.

absolute.1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 379 In the perfect foreknowledge that they would confirm the disbelieving, alienate the unsteadfast.

2. Not remaining in the same state; liable to change or alteration:

a. Of the world, life, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]

slidinga900

wankleeOE

windyc1000

unsteadfastc1200

fleeting?c1225

loose?c1225

brotelc1315

unstablec1340

varyingc1340

variantc1374

motleyc1380

ungroundedc1380

muablea1393

passiblea1393

remuablea1393

changeablea1398

movablea1398

variablec1397

slidderya1400

ticklec1400

variantc1412

flitting1413

mutable?a1425

movingc1425

flaskisable1430

flickering1430

transmutablec1430

vertible1447

brittlea1450

ficklea1450

permutablec1450

unfirmc1450

uncertain1477

turnable1483

unsteadfast1483

vagrantc1522

inconstant1526

alterable?1531

stirringc1540

slippery1548

various1552

slid?1553

mutala1561

rolling1561

weathery1563

unconstant1568

interchangeable1574

fluctuant1575

stayless1575

transitive1575

voluble1575

changeling1577

queasy1579

desultory1581

huff-puff1582

unstaid1586

vagrant1586

changeful1590

floating1594

Protean1594

unstayed1594

swimming1596

anchorless1597

mobilec1600

ticklish1601

catching1603

labile1603

unrooted1604

quicksilvered1605

versatile1605

insubstantial1607

uncertain1609

brandling1611

rootless1611

squeasy1611

wind-changinga1616

insolid1618

ambulatory1625

versatilous1629

plastic1633

desultorious1637

unbottomed1641

fluid1642

fluent1648

yea-and-nay1648

versipellous1650

flexile1651

uncentred1652

variating1653

chequered1656

slideable1662

transchangeative1662

weathercock-like1663

flicketing1674

fluxa1677

lapsable1678

wanton1681

veering1684

upon the weathercock1702

contingent1703

unsettled?1726

fermentable1731

afloat1757

brickle1768

wavy1795

vagarious1798

unsettled1803

fitful1810

metamorphosical1811

undulating1815

tittupya1817

titubant1817

mutative1818

papier mâché1818

teetotum1819

vacillating1822

capricious1823

sensitive1828

quicksilvery1829

unengrafted1829

fluxionala1834

proteiform1833

liquid1835

tottlish1835

kaleidoscopic1846

versative1846

kaleidoscopical1858

tottery1861

choppy1865

variative1874

variational1879

wimbly-wambly1881

fluctuable1882

shifty1882

giveable1884

shifty1884

tippy1886

mutatory1890

upsettable1890

rocky1897

undulatory1897

streaky1898

tottly1905

tipply1906

up and down1907

inertialess1927

sometimey1946

rise-and-fall1950

switchable1961

c1200 Moral Ode 320 in Old Eng. Hom. II. 229 We wilnieð after wereldes wele þe longe ne mai ilaste, And legeð mast al ure swinc on þing unstedefaste.

1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 3 Thoroughe sodein and variable chaunces of unstedfast fortune.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 31 Be caus of this diuisioun, all the warld is jn a wylde thocht vnstedefast.

a1500 in Ratis Raving 22 Leid thi lyf with thaim that the louis for the day of the vnstedfast lyf.

1568 T. Hill Certaine Husbandly Coniectures i. 52, in Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) Then shall follow an vnstedfaste Winter.

1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 518 For all mens states alike vnstedfast be.

1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B^v Subiect vnto th' vnstedfast moones [printed mooues] controle.

b. Of persons, qualities, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]

slidinga900

wankleeOE

windyc1000

unsteadfastc1200

fleeting?c1225

loose?c1225

brotelc1315

unstablec1340

varyingc1340

variantc1374

motleyc1380

ungroundedc1380

muablea1393

passiblea1393

remuablea1393

changeablea1398

movablea1398

variablec1397

slidderya1400

ticklec1400

variantc1412

flitting1413

mutable?a1425

movingc1425

flaskisable1430

flickering1430

transmutablec1430

vertible1447

brittlea1450

ficklea1450

permutablec1450

unfirmc1450

uncertain1477

turnable1483

unsteadfast1483

vagrantc1522

inconstant1526

alterable?1531

stirringc1540

slippery1548

various1552

slid?1553

mutala1561

rolling1561

weathery1563

unconstant1568

interchangeable1574

fluctuant1575

stayless1575

transitive1575

voluble1575

changeling1577

queasy1579

desultory1581

huff-puff1582

unstaid1586

vagrant1586

changeful1590

floating1594

Protean1594

unstayed1594

swimming1596

anchorless1597

mobilec1600

ticklish1601

catching1603

labile1603

unrooted1604

quicksilvered1605

versatile1605

insubstantial1607

uncertain1609

brandling1611

rootless1611

squeasy1611

wind-changinga1616

insolid1618

ambulatory1625

versatilous1629

plastic1633

desultorious1637

unbottomed1641

fluid1642

fluent1648

yea-and-nay1648

versipellous1650

flexile1651

uncentred1652

variating1653

chequered1656

slideable1662

transchangeative1662

weathercock-like1663

flicketing1674

fluxa1677

lapsable1678

wanton1681

veering1684

upon the weathercock1702

contingent1703

unsettled?1726

fermentable1731

afloat1757

brickle1768

wavy1795

vagarious1798

unsettled1803

fitful1810

metamorphosical1811

undulating1815

tittupya1817

titubant1817

mutative1818

papier mâché1818

teetotum1819

vacillating1822

capricious1823

sensitive1828

quicksilvery1829

unengrafted1829

fluxionala1834

proteiform1833

liquid1835

tottlish1835

kaleidoscopic1846

versative1846

kaleidoscopical1858

tottery1861

choppy1865

variative1874

variational1879

wimbly-wambly1881

fluctuable1882

shifty1882

giveable1884

shifty1884

tippy1886

mutatory1890

upsettable1890

rocky1897

undulatory1897

streaky1898

tottly1905

tipply1906

up and down1907

inertialess1927

sometimey1946

rise-and-fall1950

switchable1961

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 388 b/2 Whome ought I better to chese of thyse two, or the kyng puyssaunt pardurable..or one seek unstedfast.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 37/2 With large giftes hee get him vnstedfaste frendeshippe.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. v. A She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 671 The assured loialtie of the captaines..was but vaine, fickle, and unsteadfast.

3. Not firmly established or fixed; readily moving or changing place; not firm or steady.

ΚΠ

13.. Propr. Sanct. 158 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 81 93 He made Nettes to beo cast In to þe se vnstudefast.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xii. xxxii Þe pecock haþ an vnstedefaste and an yuel schape heede.

1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) xxxiii Her iyes vnstedfast rolling here and there.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 191 As full of perill..As to orewalke a Current roring lowd, On the vnstedfast footing of a speare.

1653 R. Austen Spirituall Vse of Orchard 24 in Treat. Fruit-trees The further off the Branches are from the Roote, the more loose, and unstedfast they are.

1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 252 Bare steeps, where Desolation stalks, afraid, Unsteadfast, by a blasted yew upstay'd.

1864 Dora Greenhill Lyra Myst., Soul Garden. xii These Lilies..That quiver with unsteadfast light.

figurative.1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. vii. 621 The unsteadfast basis on which the power of the leaders at Poonah was placed.

Derivatives

unˈsteadfastly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb]

ficklya1300

unconstantlya1542

inconstantly1549

unsteadfastly1559

chameleon-like1589

changefully1615

unsteadily1709

1559 Guest Let. to Cecil in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. xiv. 38 I have neither ungodly allowed anything against the Scripture, neither unstedfastly done anything contrary to my writing.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inconstamment,..vnstedfastly, mutably, waueringly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unsteadfast
释义	unsteadfastadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdfɑːst/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdfast/, U.S. /ˌənˈstɛdˌfæst/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2 Compare Old Norse ústaðfast-r (older Danish ustadfæst). 1. Of persons, the mind, etc.: Not steadfast in conduct or opinion; inconstant, fickle. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] unfastc888 unstathelfasteOE unsteadfasta1200 fleeting?c1225 changeablea1275 ficklea1275 unstablec1290 waveringc1315 flickerc1325 loose in the haftc1325 motleyc1380 unsadc1384 variablea1387 variantc1386 ticklec1400 inconstant1402 flitting1413 brittle1420 plianta1425 mutablec1425 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 moonishc1450 unconstant1483 unfirm1483 varying?a1500 pliablea1513 fluctuant1575 changeling1577 shittle-headed1580 cheverel1583 off and on1583 chameleon-like1589 changeful1590 limber1602 unsteady1604 ticklish1606 skittish1609 startling1619 labile1623 uncertaina1625 cheverelized1625 remuant1625 fluctuate1631 fluctuary1632 various1636 contrarious1643 epileptical1646 fluxilea1654 shittle-braineda1655 multivolent1656 totter-headed1662 on and off1668 self-inconsistent1678 weathercocka1680 whifflinga1680 versatile1682 veering1684 fast and loose1697 inconsistent1709 insteadfast1728 unfixing1810 unsteadied1814 chameleonic1821 labefact1874 ballastless1884 weathercocky1886 whiffle-minded1902 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > tottering > unstable unstable1390 unsteadfasta1400 tickle1515 unstayed1594 unsteady1598 shittle1601 firmless1605 flitty1642 totty1652 shuttlec1682 unfirm1697 wankly1795 wankya1825 cockery1825 wobbly1833 tottlish1835 earthquaky1837 tottling1849 shaky1850 cockly1859 unsteadied1865 shoggy1866 wankle1869 wibblety-wobblety1877 cockerty1895 tipsy1895 rocky1900 wibbly-wobbly1901 tottly1905 topply1913 wibbly1914 a1200 Moral Ode 241 in Old Eng. Hom. I. 175 Þo boð þa þe weren her a þanke unstedefeste. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 61 We turnen ofte to him and fro him, for we beð unstedefaste. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 944 Huo wolde wene þat a weih woxen on elde Were wist for vnstedefast of word or of dede? a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6516 Þi folk..has don a suik, Sin þat þou com fra þam last, þou sal þam find ful vn-stedfast. c1450 Mankind 207 in Macro Plays 8 I am onstedfast in lywynge; my name ys ‘Mankynde’. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. xxii. 214 I am ryghte feble and vnstedfaste. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 193 This king was..vnstedfast of maners and disposed to lightnesse. 1601 T. Campion in P. Rosseter Bk. of Ayres i. xiv. sig. E2 [My heart] is dismaid by thee, Who art so cruell and vnsteedfast growne. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems 319 When my weakened soul Unstedfast, into this Outworld doth reel. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 89 Pardon in me The oscillation of a mind Unsteadfast. 1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Cino da Pistoia in Early Ital. Poets ii. 320 He answers Dante, confessing his unsteadfast Heart. absolute.1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 379 In the perfect foreknowledge that they would confirm the disbelieving, alienate the unsteadfast. 2. Not remaining in the same state; liable to change or alteration: a. Of the world, life, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 c1200 Moral Ode 320 in Old Eng. Hom. II. 229 We wilnieð after wereldes wele þe longe ne mai ilaste, And legeð mast al ure swinc on þing unstedefaste. 1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 3 Thoroughe sodein and variable chaunces of unstedfast fortune. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 31 Be caus of this diuisioun, all the warld is jn a wylde thocht vnstedefast. a1500 in Ratis Raving 22 Leid thi lyf with thaim that the louis for the day of the vnstedfast lyf. 1568 T. Hill Certaine Husbandly Coniectures i. 52, in Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) Then shall follow an vnstedfaste Winter. 1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 518 For all mens states alike vnstedfast be. 1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. sig. B^v Subiect vnto th' vnstedfast moones [printed mooues] controle. b. Of persons, qualities, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 388 b/2 Whome ought I better to chese of thyse two, or the kyng puyssaunt pardurable..or one seek unstedfast. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 37/2 With large giftes hee get him vnstedfaste frendeshippe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. v. A She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 671 The assured loialtie of the captaines..was but vaine, fickle, and unsteadfast. 3. Not firmly established or fixed; readily moving or changing place; not firm or steady. ΚΠ 13.. Propr. Sanct. 158 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 81 93 He made Nettes to beo cast In to þe se vnstudefast. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xii. xxxii Þe pecock haþ an vnstedefaste and an yuel schape heede. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) xxxiii Her iyes vnstedfast rolling here and there. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 191 As full of perill..As to orewalke a Current roring lowd, On the vnstedfast footing of a speare. View more context for this quotation 1653 R. Austen Spirituall Vse of Orchard 24 in Treat. Fruit-trees The further off the Branches are from the Roote, the more loose, and unstedfast they are. 1793 W. Wordsworth Descr. Sketches 252 Bare steeps, where Desolation stalks, afraid, Unsteadfast, by a blasted yew upstay'd. 1864 Dora Greenhill Lyra Myst., Soul Garden. xii These Lilies..That quiver with unsteadfast light. figurative.1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. vii. 621 The unsteadfast basis on which the power of the leaders at Poonah was placed. Derivatives unˈsteadfastly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] ficklya1300 unconstantlya1542 inconstantly1549 unsteadfastly1559 chameleon-like1589 changefully1615 unsteadily1709 1559 Guest Let. to Cecil in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. xiv. 38 I have neither ungodly allowed anything against the Scripture, neither unstedfastly done anything contrary to my writing. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inconstamment,..vnstedfastly, mutably, waueringly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1200
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