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| | {{en-adj|unsteadier|unsteadiest}} | | {{en-adj|unsteadier|unsteadiest}} |
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| − | # Not [[held]] firmly in position. | + | # Not [[held]] firmly in position, physically unstable. |
| | + | #*{{quote-book|year=1907|author=[[w:Robert W. Chambers|Robert Chambers]] |
| | + | |title=The Younger Set |
| | + | |chapter=4|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL8127246W |
| | + | |passage="Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir ; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still '''unsteady''' on her legs ; …}} |
| | # Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity. | | # Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity. |
| | # Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behaviour. | | # Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behaviour. |
