Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
STEADIED
steadied
(adjective) made steady or constant; “the noise became a steadied roaring”
STEADY
steady, calm, becalm
(verb) make steady; “steady yourself”
brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise
(verb) support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; “brace your elbows while working on the potter’s wheel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
steadied
simple past tense and past participle of steady
Source: Wiktionary
STEADY
Stead"y, a. [Compar. Steadier; superl. Steadiest.] Etym: [Cf. AS. stedig sterile, barren, stæ, steady (in gestæ), D. stedig, stadig, steeg, G. stätig, stetig. See Stead, n.]
1. Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm. "The softest, steadiest plume." Keble. Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes watchful, and their hearts resolute. Sir P. Sidney.
2. Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object.
3. Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.
Syn.
– Fixed; regular; uniform; undeviating; invariable; unremitted; stable. Steady rest (Mach), a rest in a turning lathe, to keep a long piece of work from trembling.
Stead"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steadied; p. pr. & vb. n. Steadying.]
Definition: To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.
Stead"y, v. i.
Definition: To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily. Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPULSIVE
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