All 11 Uses of
steadfast
in
David Copperfield
- I am not about to be hipped again, David; but I tell you, my good fellow, once more, that it would have been well for me (and for more than me) if I had had a steadfast and judicious father!'†
Chpt 22-24
- She looked very steadfastly at Mr. Peggotty when he stood before her; and he looked quite as steadfastly at her.†
Chpt 31-33 *
- She looked very steadfastly at Mr. Peggotty when he stood before her; and he looked quite as steadfastly at her.†
Chpt 31-33
- He was greyer, the lines in his face and forehead were deeper, and he had every appearance of having toiled and wandered through all varieties of weather; but he looked very strong, and like a man upheld by steadfastness of purpose, whom nothing could tire out.†
Chpt 40-42
- The Doctor looked on her, henceforth, as steadfastly as she on him.†
Chpt 43-45
- I afterwards meant — steadfastly meant, and purposed to myself — to bear the whole weight of knowing the unworthiness of one to whom you had been so good.†
Chpt 43-45
- 'My niece, Em'ly, is alive, sir!' he said, steadfastly.†
Chpt 46-48
- She continued steadfast.†
Chpt 46-48
- All his journeys were ruggedly performed; for he was always steadfast in a purpose of saving money for Emily's sake, when she should be found.†
Chpt 49-51
- I could not eat, I could not sit still, I could not continue steadfast to anything.†
Chpt 55-57
- She looked so steadfastly at me: with a kind of doubt, or pity, or suspense in her affection: that I summoned the stronger determination to show her a perfectly cheerful face.†
Chpt 61-62
Definition:
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(steadfast) firmly consistent -- especially in loyalty