steady-handed
Collocations
5ADJ.
wide
VERB + STEADY-HANDED
back, caught, clear-eyed, gunslingers-in-waiting, paint, springing, sure-footed, tight-jawed
STEADY-HANDED + NOUN
gene, krupa, shooter, shootists
PREP.
in, than, with
ADV.
once
Definitions
adj
Capable of smooth, sure movements.
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.
Executed with smooth, sure movements.
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.
Consistent and reliable.
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.
adv
In a steady-handed manner.
Yet he faced his foemen with dauntless courage, dashing in, springing back, sure-footed, steady-handed, with a point which seemed to menace three at once.
The boy caught it steady-handed and grinned wide. “Oh good hands, lad!
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6Yet 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 mo
WiktionaryUncle 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.
WiktionaryHe 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
WiktionaryYet he faced his foemen with dauntless courage, dashing in, springing back, sure-footed, steady-handed, with a point which seemed to menace three at once.
WiktionaryThe boy caught it steady-handed and grinned wide. “Oh good hands, lad!
WiktionaryI moved beside her and was shocked, not by method, not by truth, for it was true, but by her ability to paint clear-eyed, steady-handed, and show this thing.
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