unswerving

verb (used without object), swerved, swerv·ing.

1. to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.

verb (used with object), swerved, swerv·ing.

2. to cause to turn aside: Nothing could swerve him.

noun

3. an act of swerving; turning aside.

adjective

1. not turning aside; constant

verb

1. to turn or cause to turn aside, usually sharply or suddenly, from a course
2. (tr) to avoid (a person or event)

noun

3. the act, instance, or degree of swerving

adj.1690s, from un- (1) “not” + present participle of swerve (v.). v.early 13c., “to depart, make off;” early 14c., “to turn aside, deviate from a straight course,” probably from Old English sweorfan “to rub, scour, file” (but sense development is difficult to trace), from Proto-Germanic *swerbanan (cf Old Norse sverfa “to scour, file,” Old Saxon swebran “to wipe off”), from PIE root *swerbh-. Cognate words in other Germanic languages (cf. Old Frisian swerva “to creep,” Middle Dutch swerven “to rove, stray”) suggests the sense of “go off, turn aside” may have existed in Old English, though unrecorded. Related: Swerved; swerving. n.1741, from swerve (v.).