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steady-as-she-goes en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From the nautical phrase steady as she goes.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) steady; careful; avoiding sudden change
    • He looked to be in fine shape, sitting glassy-eyed behind the wheel, staring straight at the narrow two-lane highway, holding a steady-as-she-goes course of fifty miles an hour. 2000, Matthew V. Schofield, When Reason Fails:
    • Graham James, the bishop of Norwich, is favourite everywhere of the steady-as-she-goes party. He is widely experienced – he worked in Lambeth Palace under the previous archbishop, Lord Carey – and widely trusted, as well as scholarly. 2012 September 20, Andrew Brown, “Archbishop of Canterbury succession race begins in earnest”, in The Guardian (online):