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stedfastly (comparative more stedfastly, superlative most stedfastly)

  1. Obsolete form of steadfastly.
    • 1754 April 22, Edward Ward, quotee, David A.Clary, George Washington's First War[1], Simon & Schuster, published 2011, →ISBN, page 77:
      “He told Washington "that the Indians kept stedfastly attached to our interest.”
    • 1905, Booker T. Washington, “A Man About Whom the World Should Know”, in Independent:
      … and having clearly perceived his duty, he has pursued it stedfastly in spite of opposition or adverse criticism.

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stedfastly

  1. Alternative form of stedefastly