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unswerving.

Adjective
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MEANING

Not changing direction, purpose, or loyalty despite pressure or difficulty.

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  • unswerving loyalty
  • unswerving commitment

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Her unswerving commitment to the archive outlasted every change in funding.

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unswerving

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Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.

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