Adjective: stable
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | stabler |
| Superlative | stablest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more stable |
| Superlative | most stable |
Sample Sentences
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He was in a stable relationship.
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His income of £10000 per month was stable for a healthy living.
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a stable government
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In this region of chance, […] where nothing ws stable. [a. 1729, John Rogers, The Greatness of the Gospel Salvation:]
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And to whoever that cry hath ever come he must needs follow and follow, leaving all stable things; only to be always with Slid in all the moods of Slid, to find no rest until he reaches the sea. [1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 16:]
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You should download the 1.9 version of that video editing software: it is the latest stable version. The newer beta version has some bugs.
Adjectives inflected like stable
serene,
severe,
secure,
sedate,
wheelie,
simple,
complete,
fulsome,
sprightlie,
discrete,
plosive,
bizarre,
brusque,
brittle,
wholesome,
sincere,
shystie,
loveable,
prophane,
terrible, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle English stable, from Anglo-Norman stable, stabel, from Latin stabilis (“firm, steadfast”) (itself from stare (“stand”) + -abilis (“able”)). Displaced native Old English staþolfæst. See: Latin Adjectives '
stabilis'.
Verbs referencing "stable"
Finnish Adjectives
stabiili.