Meaning of steady-handed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Capable of smooth, sure movements.
2. Executed with smooth, sure movements.
3. Consistent and reliable.

Examples

“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.”

“The final phase of Mexican League history was launched only after the sudden death of Jorge Pasquel in 1955; it consisted of steady-handed rebuilding of league fortunes under the capable direction of a new league management.”

“Foreign policy has to be dealt in a steady-handed and consistent manner.”

“The Conservative Party under Thatcher was famously steady-handed in targeting certain elements of the then-existing British labor market structure⟳ and complementing social programs.”

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