untottering
English
Etymology
un- + tottering
Adjective
untottering (not comparable)
- Not tottering; stable; steadfast.
- Tied up and twisted; gnarled and knotted with wrinkles; haggardly firm and unyielding; his eyes glowing like coals, that still glow in the ashes of ruin; untottering Ahab stood forth in the clearness of the morn […] — Herman Melville.