steadily

English

Etymology

From steady +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• enPR: stĕdʹĭli, IPA^(key): /ˈstɛdɪli/

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Adverb

steadily (comparative more steadily, superlative most steadily)

1. In a steady manner; with a steady progression.
   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 281:

     She lisped slightly, little-girlish, looking at him still while drinking whisky steadily from a full glass.

   • 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 18:

     It grew steadily colder and presently a mushroomy sort of smell came up from the darkness.

Anagrams

• diastyle, silyated