Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not veering or turning aside.
  • adjective Constant; steady.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not deviating from any rule, standard, or course; undeviating; unwavering; firm.

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  • adjective Not deviating; not yielding or straying or varying.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside
  • adjective firm and dependable especially in loyalty

Etymologies

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From un- + swerve + -ing.

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Examples

  • The sons had come first, three of them, and then had followed, in unswerving sequence, a round dozen of girls.

    Chun Ah Chun 2010

  • The sons had come first, three of them, and then had followed, in unswerving sequence, a round dozen of girls.

    Chun Ah Chun 1912

  • It is a matter of history that the loyalty of the French - Canadians has been unswerving from the day that they came under the British regime, and that they have proved their allegiance with their lives 'blood.

    The Loyalty of French-Canadians to the Empire 1904

  • He recalled their unswerving loyalty with a glow at his heart.

    The Honorable Percival Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice 1906

  • The responsibilities which, under your direction and in response to my plea, the American community is now assuming, over and above the task they have already undertaken in connection with the Divine Plan, proclaiming in unmistakable terms their unswerving determination to prove themselves worthy of the sublimity of their mission, and of their privileged position among their sister communities in both the East and the West, — the twofold task they have arisen to perform will, if carried out in time, release the potentialities with which the community of the Greatest Name has been so generously and mysteriously endowed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

    Messages to America 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927

  • Mr. Davies makes "unswerving" an adjective of 'devotion.'

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • While those brutes all still loom in the background, the rapid and unswerving rise in energy and other commodity prices is now making a spirited run at sacking the current streak of profit growth.

    Strong Sales Boost Quarter's Profits Paul Vigna 2011

  • But in the long run, the state's unswerving determination to deliver Mladic to international justice is the strongest message any government in Belgrade could give to its neighbours that it intends to turn the page of history and start rebuilding the country and the region.

    Ratko Mladic: An old man faces justice | Editorial 2011

  • Think of the unswerving decades-long reigns of men like Mubarak and Gaddafi and it's easy to understand how frustrations collect and boil over.

    Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: How Morocco Can Inspire the World Derek Beres 2011

  • Avatar doesn't have a bad story, but its unswerving direction does make it a predictable one.

    Word cloud of underwear-bomber's posts at Islamic forum Boing Boing 2009

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