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[ adverb ] at a steady rate or pace

Examples

"his interest eroded steadily"

Used in print

(Sports Age, 24:9...)

The U._S._Forest_Service cares for hundreds of thousands of campers in its 149 National Forests and is increasing its facilities steadily .

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

The regiment was dug_in on the east_side of the river and the North_Koreans were steadily building_up a concentration of crack troops on the other side .

(Peter J. White, "Report on Laos"...)

The young_man spoke steadily enough , but all_at_once he looked grotesquely unshaven .

(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)

Its growth continues steadily on a par with past growth ; and no limitation is in_evidence .

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

Climbing the steps steadily , they reached the top and headed for the door .

Related terms

steady steady

2
[ adverb ] in a steady manner

Synonyms

steady

Examples

"he could still walk steadily"

Related terms

unsteadily steady steady

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Rhymes with

readily voluntarily dreadfully momentarily federally militarily testily externally federally speedily tully severally subtly experimentally bilaterally accidentally secondarily environmentally developmentally temperamentally incidentally fundamentally regretfully coincidentally unilaterally internally masterfully specially especially potentially essentially italy mentally bodily tivoli fatally accidentally coincidentally perennially successfully involuntarily literally eternally unsuccessfully medically totally radially greedily carefully tripoli anencephaly necessarily governmentally diastole practically wittily frantically scantily horizontally hastily unilaterally gratefully generally professionally optimistically statistically journalistically wistfully industrially tastefully perpetually majestically contradictorily tangentially helpfully confidentially generally exponentially eventually sequentially preferentially handily wearily kennelly sicily merrily mentally warily mortally developmentally gravitationally arbitrarily temporarily environmentally sully heartily digitally jauntily wonderfully judicially tactically delightfully tactfully heavily skeptically centrally frightfully satisfactorily romantically respectfully bubbly sloppily sleepily exceptionally mightily nattily vitally socially liberally eerily customarily viscerally gracefully ordinarily clumsily artfully facsimile architecturally nasally extraordinarily rightfully unnecessarily fundamentally experimentally primarily unintentionally temperamentally brutally politically critically pitifully peripherally periodically sympathetically pathetically parenthetically uncritically circumstantially substantially dutifully statutorily dramatically emphatically hermetically methodically mathematically magnetically fanatically thoughtfully therapeutically theoretically purposefully pragmatically hyperbole municipally tearfully busily racially playfully crazily personally painfully gainfully wobbly napoli fitfully literally diametrically artificially operationally officially virtually occasionally educationally electrically wiggly individually metrically truthfully unofficially theatrically initially commercially universally faithfully ethically luckily beneficially happily obscenely

Phonetic and Homophones

S T EH1 D AH0 L IY0

Similar Spelling

staidly Steedley stately staddle

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