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STEADILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

At a steady rate or pace

Example:

his interest eroded steadily

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

steady (not subject to change or variation especially in behavior)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a steady manner

Example:

he could still walk steadily

Synonyms:

steadily; steady

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

unsteadily (in an unsteady manner)

Pertainym:

steady (not subject to change or variation especially in behavior)

Credits

 Context examples: 

In the afternoon Lydia was urgent with the rest of the girls to walk to Meryton, and to see how everybody went on; but Elizabeth steadily opposed the scheme.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“Play a hundred a trick and a thousand on the rub, losing steadily for five hours, and see what you think of it.”

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Slowly but steadily, the world has made progress against the disease.

(The Dog's Nose Knows Malaria, Kevin Enochs/VOA)

Her feelings have been steadily against it from first to last.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The rabbit sped down the river, turned off into a small creek, up the frozen bed of which it held steadily.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Martin was steadily losing his battle.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

My practice had steadily increased, and as I happened to live at no very great distance from Paddington Station, I got a few patients from among the officials.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Though Curiosity is on the other side of Mars from Opportunity, dust has steadily increased over it, more than doubling over the weekend.

(Martian Dust Storm Grows Global: Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze, NASA)

One theory is that supermassive black holes, which are at the center of most massive galaxies, are formed when smaller black holes steadily coalesce into larger ones.

(Astronomers Find New Evidence for Long-theorized Mid-sized Black Holes, VOA News)

This cancer ‘parasite’ has proved remarkably successful at surviving over thousands of years, yet is steadily deteriorating.

(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)