D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Steadfast

/(-fȧst)/ · Stead·fast · IPA /ˈstɛdfæst/
01 a. Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.
  1. 1.
    Firmly fixed or established; fast fixed; firm.
  2. 2.
    Not fickle or wavering; constant; firm; resolute; unswerving; steady.
    “Abide steadfast unto him [thy neighbor] in the time of his trouble.” — Ecclus. xxii. 23.
    “Whom resist steadfast in the faith.” — 1 Pet. v. 9.