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How to use sturdily in a sentence

10 example sentences · adverb

Sturdily means in a sturdy manner. Example: “This table is so sturdily built that I can stand on it without fear of it breaking.”

Examples of sturdily by meaning

adverbIn a sturdy manner.

  • This table is so sturdily built that I can stand on it without fear of it breaking.
  • Look at the little fellows, mere bundles of fluff, paddling along so busily and sturdily.1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the Plains, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 5
  • However, most of the time, Schulman is incapable of setting us up sturdily enough to make knocking us down into an interesting enterprise.1984 December 29, Amy Hoffman, “Dyke Detectives Solve Murder Mysteries”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 9

More sentences with sturdily

  • He was properly and sturdily endowed, normally shaped and without any pecularities.1952, Gore Vidal, The Judgement of Paris. From the entry genitally
  • MacAskill is tall and sturdily built, with an untidy mop of dark-blond hair that had grown during the pandemic to messianic lengths.2022 August 28, “The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry unwild
  • Hardworking as he seemed to be, his energies seemed to be scoundrelously dissipated in pursuing perceived enemies, and grafting himself sturdily in the polity.2012, J. Isawa Elaigwu, Topical issues in Nigeria's political development, Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry scoundrelously
  • Morthouses were sturdily built, with iron linings on wooden doors, even a skin of steel within the whole structure in some cases.1989, Dane Love, Scottish Kirkyards, London: Robert Hale, →ISBN, page 154. From the entry morthouse
  • There were probably other cathairs and duns on the Aran Islands which were not as sturdily built or not as well preserved as those that survived.1977, “The Dúns of Aran”, in A World of Stone: Life, Folklore and Legends of the Aran Islands, O’Brien Educational, published 1980, →ISBN…. From the entry cathair
  • Rooters are larger, heavier, and more sturdily built than subsoilers and can loosen the soil up to a depth of 1 meter ( 3.3 ft ) (Fig. 4-6).1968, Amihud Y. Goor, Charles Wesley Barney, Forest Tree Planting in Arid Zones, page 173. From the entry rooter
  • His mate would be marching sturdily beside him, also with a price on her head—her hair shaven off before she took to the woods, and known as a weyve.1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter 3, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book IV (The Candle…. From the entry weyve

Meaning of sturdily

  1. adverb In a sturdy manner.

Full definition of sturdily

Questions about sturdily in a sentence

How do you use sturdily in a sentence?
Sturdily is used as an adverb. For example: “This table is so sturdily built that I can stand on it without fear of it breaking.”
What is a short sentence with sturdily?
“He was properly and sturdily endowed, normally shaped and without any pecularities.”
What does sturdily mean?
Sturdily means in a sturdy manner.

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