steady-handed
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.06 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Consistent and reliable.
adv
In a steady-handed manner.
Example Sentences
- "Yet despite its good intentions, the IRL has attracted more untried, fuzz-faced young gunslingers-in-waiting than tight-jawed, steady-handed shootists, pulling in only two drivers who still fit the mold."
- "Uncle Tommy, the once steady-handed Gene Krupa of the Vernon Troubadours and the Palmer Orchestra, whose sticks never missed a snare or a cymbal, missed the bowl of meatballs on the table."
- "He was a steady-handed shooter with a heavy stick and the ability to back a ball up or make it spin left or right and position a queue ball behind the next shot to be taken–unique skills, even before Minnesota Fats."
- "Theories about how a skill evolves from the awkward and deliberate performance associated with the cognitive stage to the smooth and steady-handed performance of the automatic response stage have one thing in common: progress appears to depend on repeated practice."
- "It's hard if you work at it easy, and it's easy if you work hard at setting your sight on a specific marker at the end of the field and on steady-handed steering toward the marker."
- "The barber laughs so hard at the simple answer to the riddle that Logan fears for his chances of a steady-handed shave."