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[ adverb ] as an undiversified whole

Examples

"the unions voted solidly for Roosevelt"

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

Until 1924 O_'_Banion pistoleers and knuckle-duster bullyboys had kept his North_Side domain solidly Democratic .

Related terms

solid solid

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[ adverb ] with strength and soundness

Examples

"a solidly built house"

Used in print

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

Felix threw his head back and laughed a laugh that shook the timbers of even that solidly built old house .

Related terms

solid solid

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