Unwavering

Definition: Unwavering

Unwavering

Adjective

1. Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty".

2. Not showing abrupt variations; "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss.

Date "unwavering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references)

Synonyms: Unwavering

Synonyms: firm (adj), level (adj), steadfast (adj), steady (adj), unbendable (adj), unfaltering (adj), unshakable (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Perseverance	Adjective: persevering, constant; steady, steadfast; undeviating, unwavering, unfaltering, unswerving, unflinching, unsleeping, unflagging, undrooping; steady as time; unrelenting,
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Unwavering

English words defined with "unwavering": fast, firm, foursquare ♦ loyal ♦ truehearted. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	The Unwavering Eye (reference) The Unwavering Miss Winslow (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Alfred Jarry	Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.
Bhagavad Gita	When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Unwavering" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unwavering" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	59	44,010

Language		Translations for "unwavering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i patundur (deep-seated, flat-footed, immovable, implicit, inexorable, resolute, staunch, steadfast, unshaken, unswerving). (various references)

Arabic		‏مصمم (bent on, dead set to, decided, decorator, designer, determined, intent, planned, planner, resolute, resolved, set, styler), ‏غير متموج. (various references)

Bulgarian		уверен (assured, certain, confident, positive, reliant, secure, sure, sure footed, unfaltering), твърд (adamant, adamantine, constant, crusty, decided, determined, dogged, fast, firm, flat, flinty, forceful, gritty, hard, hardhearted, immovable, obstinate, persistent, proof, rigid, rock-ribbed, rocky, sclerotic, sclerous, set, solid, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stiff, stout, stringy, strong, sturdy, swerveless, tenacious, tinny, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshrinking, unswerving), непоколебим (determined, firm, immovable, proof, resolute, resolved, set, stanch, unbendable, unconquerable, undaunted, undeviating, unfaltering, unflagging, unshakable, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving). (various references)

Chinese		不动摇. (various references)

Czech		upřený (fixed, staring, steadfast, steady), nepohnutý (unmoved), neochvìjný (grim, staunch, steady, unfailing, unswerving), nekolísající. (various references)

Finnish		horjumaton (immovable, unshaken). (various references)

French		inébranlable (unfailing, unflappable, unshakable, unshaken, unswerving). (various references)

German		standhaft (firm, staunchly, steadfast, sturdily, sturdy, unwaveringly). (various references)

Greek		ακλόνητοσ (unfaltering, unshakeable, unshaken). (various references)

Hungarian		megingathatatlan (firm as a rock, immovable, unflinching, unshakeable). (various references)

Italian		incrollabile. (various references)

Pig Latin		averingunway

Portuguese		resoluto (accomplished, decisive, energetic, game, plucky, purposive, resolute, stalwart, stark, steadfast, stiff, stout, sturdy, unbending, unhesitating), firme (compact, consistent, deep-seated, die-hard, fadeless, fast, firm, fixed, hard, inflexible, iron, non-ductile, resolute, set, settled, sober, solid, stable, steadfast, steady, stern, stiff, strong, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tight, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unfailing, unfaltering, unhesitating, unmoved, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unyielding), decidido (crisp, decided, decisive, determinate, determined, forthright, game, gamy, gritty, intent, purposive, resolute, resolved, routine, settled, stark, strong, unhesitating, unshrinking), constante (all-time, besetting, constant, continual, even, fixed, frequent, incessant, lasting, loyal, permanent, persevering, persistent, stable, standing, steadfast, sustained, true-blue, uniform, unremitting, unshaken, unswerving, unwearying). (various references)

Romanian		neclintit (determined, firm, fixed, forthright, foursquare, immovable, resolute, secure, unbending, unflinching, unshakeable), neşovãitor (unfaltering, unflinching), ferm (decidedly, firm, fixed, hard, hard bitten, inflexible, resistant, resolute, resolved, set, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sturdy, tight, unbending, unfaltering, unflinching, unshaken, unswerving, unyielding). (various references)

Russian		недрогнувший (unfaltering). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nekolebljiv (unflinching), čvrst (firm, hard, hard and fast, solid, sound, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, sturdy, tenacious, tight, trim, wiry). (various references)

Spanish		firme (adamant, ballast bed, bed, decisive, fast, firm, foursquare, hard, out and out, persistent, positive, road, roadbed, secure, set, solid, sound, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, sure, surface, unmoved, unswerving), constante (chronic, constant, equable, even, incessant, recurrent, regular, steadfast, unfailing, uniform, uniformly). (various references)

Swedish		ståndaktig (constant, staunch, steadfast, stout, unflinching), orubblig (adamant, firm, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, impregnable, inexorable, inflexible, pertinacious, tenacious, unblinking, uncompromising, unfaltering, unflinching, unshakable, unshaken, unswerving, unyielding), fast (although, concrete, consistent, firm, firmly, fixed, fixedly, flat, hard and fast, immovable, indissoluble, permanent, permanently, rigid, settled, solid, stuck, sturdy, though, tight, unblinking, unfaltering, unshaken). (various references)

Turkish		sarsılmaz (adamantine, bedrock, immovable, stable, steadfast, steady, unshakable, unshaken, unshrinking), sabit (attached, changeless, constant, entrenched, established, fast, firm, fixed, flat, flat-footed, immobile, immovable, immutable, indelible, invariable, irremovable, permanent, put, real, rigid, set, settled, stable, staid, standing, staring, static, stationary, steadfast, steady, substantive), değişmez (changeless, constant, entrenched, equable, fast, fixed, flat-footed, frozen, hard and fast, immutable, inalterable, invariable, Pat, permanent, regular, rigid, set, settled, stable, static, steadfast, steady, unalterable, unchangeable, unchanging, unswerving, unvarying). (various references)

Vietnamese		không rung rinh, không nao núng (relentless, unabashed, unbroken, undeterred, undismayed), không lung lay vững chắc, không dao động (steadfast). (various references)

Welsh		dianwadal (immutable). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	constans. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "unwavering": unwaveringly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Unwavering" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unwaivering. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "unwavering" (pronounced unwā"vering)
6	-w ā" v er i ng	wavering.
5	-ā" v er i ng	disfavoring, favoring, flavoring, savoring.
4	-v er i ng	covering, delivering, discovering, endeavoring, hovering, levering, maneuvering, quivering, recovering, rediscovering, severing, shivering, uncovering.
3	-er i ng	administering, altering, anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, bantering, bartering, battering, belaboring, beleaguering, bettering, bewildering, bickering, blistering, blundering, blustering, bolstering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, catering, censoring, centering, chartering, chattering, clamoring, clobbering, clustering, cluttering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, countering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doctoring, doddering, embroidering, empowering, encountering, endangering, entering, factoring, faltering, fathering, feathering, featuring, festering, figuring, filibustering, filtering, fingering, flattering, flickering, floundering, flowering, fluttering, fostering, foundering, fracturing, frittering, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glittering, glowering, grandfathering, guttering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hectoring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, lettering, lingering, littering, loitering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, manufacturing, massacring, mastering, maundering, meandering, measuring, mentoring, metering, minoring, mirroring, mitering, mongering, monitoring, mothering, motoring, murdering, murmuring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neighboring, neutering, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, pestering, petering, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plastering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, puttering, recapturing, reconsidering, reentering, registering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, scampering, scattering, scouring, sculpturing, sequestering, shattering, sheltering, shimmering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, shuttering, simmering, slaughtering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smattering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spattering, spiering, splintering, sponsoring, sputtering, squandering, staggering, structuring, stuttering, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, sweltering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, teetering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, tottering, towering, transpiring, triggering, tutoring, unflattering, ushering, uttering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, watering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-n-n-r-u-v-w"
	-1 letter: unweaving.
	-2 letters: ravening, wavering.
	-3 letters: aginner, aneurin, anguine, earning, engrain, enuring, grannie, guanine, nearing, nerving, reaving, vinegar, warning, weaning, wearing, weaving.
	-4 letters: aweing, awning, earing, earwig, gainer, ginner, gnawer, graven, guanin, guinea, gunner, inaner, naiver, narine, ravine, raving, reagin, regain, regina, rivage, vaguer, vainer, vanner, waiver, wangun, wanier, waning, wanner, waring, wavier, waving, winger.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-n-n-r-u-v-w"
	+2 letters: unwaveringly.
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