unshakenadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈʃeɪk(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌənˈʃeɪkən/ 1. Not shaken or agitated.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > shaking > shaken > not
unshaken1604
the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > stable > firmly fixed > remaining
inconcussedc1450
unshook1633
unshakened1659
unshaken1712
unwrenched1785
c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 944 Lett neuer wollyn cloth..passe a seuenyght to be vn~brosshen & shakyn.]
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 182 Which now the fruite vnripe sticks on the tree, But fall vnshaken when they mellow bee. View more context for this quotation
1712 R. Blackmore Creation i. 24 These strong, unshaken Mounds resist the Shocks Of Tides.
1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) ii. 64 [The canvas] lies at length unshaken by the wind.
1798 W. L. Bowles Poems, St. Michael's Mt. 75 Firm as stands the rock's unshaken base.
2. Not moved from a firm position or state; unweakened; steadfast, steady.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]
fasteOE
stathelfasteOE
anredOE
hardOE
starkOE
trueOE
steadfast993
fastredeOE
stithc1000
findyOE
stablea1275
stathelyc1275
stiffc1275
stablec1290
steel to the (very) backa1300
unbowinga1300
stably13..
firm1377
unmovablea1382
constantc1386
abidingc1400
toughc1400
sure1421
unmoblea1425
unfaintedc1425
unfaint1436
permanent?a1475
stalwartc1480
unbroken1513
immovable1534
inconcuss1542
unshaken1548
stout1569
unwavering1570
undiscourageable1571
fixed1574
discourageable1576
unappalled1578
resolute1579
unremoved1583
resolved1585
unflexiblea1586
unshakeda1586
square1589
unstooping1597
iron1598
rocky1601
steady1602
undeclinable1610
unboweda1616
unfainting1615
unswayed1615
staunch1624
undiscourageda1628
staid1631
unshook1633
blue?1636
true blue?1636
tenacious1640
uncomplying1643
yieldless1651
riveting1658
unshakened1659
inconquerable1660
unyielding1677
unbendinga1688
tight1690
unswerving1694
unfaltering1727
unsubmitting1730
undeviating1732
undrooping1736
impervertible1741
undamped1742
undyingc1765
sturdy1775
stiff as a poker1798
unfickle1802
indivertible1821
thick and thin1822
undisheartened1827
inconvertible1829
straightforward1829
indomitable1830
stickfast1831
unsuccumbing1833
unturnable1847
unswerved1849
undivertible1856
unforsaking1862
swerveless1863
steeve1870
rock-ribbed1884
stiff in the back1897
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John i. f. 12 Able to stand stable and vnshaken against al temptacions of the deiuill.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 200 My Duty..Should the approach of this wilde Riuer breake, And stand vnshaken yours. View more context for this quotation
1659 W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida i. iii. sig. D7 With such unshaken confidence as we Pray on th'expanded wings of Faith.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 75. ⁋7 A firm and unshaken Expectation of another Life.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 141 He will never get an unshaken seat in the saddle, who never rides an unruly horse.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xii. 284 The Bishop cast a melancholy but unshaken look upon the grisly satellite.
1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art II. 188 Her unshaken constancy.
1883 A. Roberts O.T. Revision ii. 29 The tradition..remains unshaken.
3. Not shivered or cracked. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact > unbroken or not cracked
unbrostenc1400
unbroken1495
infract1573
unshaken1573
uncracked1581
unshivered1598
crackless1616
unbroke1632
unshook1633
unshattered1634
unchipped1647
unfractured1742
unruptured1775
unburst1782
indissolute1834
unsnapped1864
fissureless1875
unbreached1876
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 19v Now sawe out thy timber..to haue it vnshaken, & ready to sale.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Unshacken, not cracked.
4. Not shaken out; unscattered.
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1765 Museum Rusticum 4 134 I found a considerable quantity of the nameless grass, the seed unshaken.
Derivatives
unˈshakenly adv.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb]
anredlyOE
fastlyOE
steadfastly?c1225
stifflyc1290
stably1297
steadfasta1300
stoutly1303
steevely1340
sadlya1375
sturdilyc1374
firm1377
surelyc1380
like a flint1382
tough1398
firmlyc1425
unmovablyc1425
but variancec1430
sad?c1430
immovably1435
toughlyc1450
affirmlya1513
wishly1530
constantly1534
steadily1540
fall back (also flat), fall edge?1553
staidly1571
fixedly1605
indeclinably1624
undeclinably1662
unfalteringly1665
unswervingly1805
unwaveringly1830
indomitably1837
rockily1846
unbendingly1847
indivertibly1853
unshakeablya1864
undyingly1881
unshakenly1882
adamantly1897
1882 C. F. Woolson Anne 384 Feeling drearily, unshakenly sure.
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