unswayedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsweɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈsweɪd/ 1. Unwielded; uncontrolled.
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1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 401 Is the chaire emptie? is the sword vnswaied? Is the king dead? View more context for this quotation
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxli. sig. I2 Nor my fiue sences can Diswade one foolish heart from seruing thee, Who leaues vnswai'd the likenesse of a man, Thy proud hearts slaue..to be.
2. Uninfluenced, unaffected.
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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
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey iii. 154 I will declare what I haue obserued, vnswayed with either of their vices.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila ii. li. 29 Make haste, Lest you into Despair be cast: The Judge unsway'd.
1718 J. Hughes Patriot 14 Where's the patriot, by these virtues known, Unsway'd by others' passions, or his own?
1808 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) IV. 249 It was my opinion (unswayed, I trust, by any unworthy motives) that [etc.].
1847 G. Harris Life Ld. Hardwicke II. 327 Perseverance in the strict line of honesty and duty, unswayed by any considerations of this nature.
3. Unmoved, unstirred.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moved
unstirreda1340
unmovedc1390
unremoved?a1425
unsturted1535
unexercised1562
immote1601
irremoved1622
unagitated1638
undisturbed1656
indisturbed1664
instirred1677
unswayed1851
1851 N. Hawthorne Snow Image (1883) 200 The drops of rain that came down in monotonous succession, unswayed by a breath of wind.
Derivatives
unˈswayedness n.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun]
steadfastnessa1000
anrednessOE
stead-stathelfastness?c1225
stability13..
steadfastshipc1320
traistnessa1340
constance1340
sadnessc1384
unmovablenessc1384
hardnessa1400
steadfastheadc1400
unmobletya1425
firmitya1450
constancy1526
constantness1530
firmitude?1541
firmness1553
stoutness1561
settledness1571
cleaving1580
solidity1607
immovableness1617
staunchness1623
fixedness1626
fixationa1631
unswayednessa1656
steadiness1663
sturdiness1675
unbendingness1824
indomitability1851
indomitableness1860
thick and thin1884
fixity1885
unshakability1907
a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1673) i. 246 That constancy and unswayedness in our lives and actions.
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