steady-going

American  

[sted-ee-goh-ing] / ˈstɛd iˈgoʊ ɪŋ /

adjective

1. steadfast; faithful; unchanging.

   steady-going service to the cause of justice.

2. regular and dependable, as in habits of living.

   a steady-going family man.

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Etymology

Origin of steady-going

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

But New Jersey's steady-going Governor Charles Edison put a stop to that.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fourteen years ago he quit the New York Sun, on which he had been a steady-going "wheelhorse" reporter of the Frank Ward O'Malley period, to work for Publicist Lee.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week he acted up, scandalized most of his steady-going countrymen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Throughout most of a typical performance, the English rock quartet called The Who live up to their own modest billing: "A good, steady-going, down-to-earth pop group."

From Time Magazine Archive

I think you will disapprove, because for all your wild-West adventures, San Francisco earthquakes, etc., you are a steady-going old girl and object to such rampaging persons as this Carville.

From Aliens by McFee, William