MEANING
Not changing direction, purpose, or loyalty despite pressure or difficulty.
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Words that belong together
- unswerving loyalty
- unswerving commitment
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Her unswerving commitment to the archive outlasted every change in funding.
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- Base
- unswerving
Usage notes
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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