steadfastly

[sted-fast-lee, -fahst-, -fuhst-]

adverb

1. in a way that is fixed, steady, or firm.

   Her eyes remained steadfastly fixed on the fire.

   The sheriff has steadfastly denied any wrongdoing.

Other Word Forms

• oversteadfastly adverb
• unsteadfastly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of steadfastly¹

steadfast ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

“Every soldier must proudly and steadfastly defend the new homeland of Russia, because Russia becomes a new homeland for each of them!” she writes.

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Throughout this long saga Logan and his now retired fellow GMB union rep John McMunagle worked steadfastly to keep shipbuilding alive in Port Glasgow, not for themselves but for generations to come.

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A Sansum spokesperson said the clinic remained steadfastly committed to patient privacy and dignity.

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The White House has just as steadfastly dismissed those concerns, attacking the experts - and, in the case of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, firing her.

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Last week, Bondi was asked once again about the files she had steadfastly said, since February, were on her desk and ready for inspection.

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