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firmly consistent — especially in loyalty- But then, that's who Helene is: Her faith is steadfast.Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
- The mother still looked on steadfastly from the depths of her cavern.Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- My grandmother was steadfast.Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers
- VIVIE [steadfastly] Excuse me: I do mind.George Bernard Shaw -- Mrs. Warren's Profession
- But that was one of the many things I loved about Marsha: her steadfast commitment.Dave Peizer -- A Man Named Dave
- He saw the gentle face bent over him and, athwart the surge of fever, that steadfast smile took form again.Albert Camus -- The Plague
- It's now a matter of remaining calm and steadfast, of gritting our teeth and keeping a stiff upper lip!Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
- Gillingham joined them, and they left the house, Widow Edlin continuing steadfast in her refusal to assist in the ceremony.Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
- He had stood faithfully in her corner like a steadfast tin soldier.Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
- Her eyes continued to bore into me, but I did not waver in my steadfastness.Lisa See -- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
- Even a steadfast enemy was better than a waffler, and her new-model army and navy had never waffled.Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
- Everyone else on the lawn, seemingly used to Vicky's outbursts, is steadfastly ignoring what they've just heard.Meg Cabot -- Queen of Babble
- You see then, whither, prompted by duty and the law, I steadfastly drive.Herman Melville -- Billy Budd
- He kept it in his hand and steadfastly proffered it.Jack London -- White Fang
- But, no, Mom remains the steadfast politician.Ellen Hopkins -- Identical
- Or,—as I steadfastly believe,—what if he has no knowledge of this wealth?Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
- Poor Tinker Bell and the Steadfast Tin Soldier?Cornelia Funke -- Inkheart
- The old man's mind turned more and more to his monastery as his eyes turned to the steadfast snows.Rudyard Kipling -- Kim
- As the tale goes, there had never been a more capable, steadfast imp than Yuga.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- Hail him, who keeps a steadfast mind!Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) -- Faust
(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)
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