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steadily

/ˈstɛdɪli/

steadily adverb: in a steady manner; with a steady progression.

Adverb

steadily (comparative more steadily, superlative most steadily)

  1. In a steady manner; with a steady progression.
    • The last 61 miles of the journey, from Kongsberg to Oslo, are through much less mountainous country. The railway curves sharply away from the Lågan^([sic]), and descends steadily, and in places steeply, past the head of Lake Fiskerumvatn to Hokksund, where the connecting line to the Bergen-Oslo...1956 April, H. A. Vallance, “To Oslo via Stavanger”, in Railway Magazine, page 219
    • She lisped slightly, little-girlish, looking at him still while drinking whisky steadily from a full glass.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 281

steadily meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Arabic

steadily in Tamil

நிதானத்துடன்

steadily in Urdu

باقاعدہ

steadily in Malayalam

അവിരാമമായി, നിറുത്താതെ, സ്ഥിരമായി, ഉറപ്പോടെ

steadily in Arabic

in a steady manner
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Examples of steadily in a sentence

  • Dye steadily injected into the fluid at a fixed point extends along a streakline.
  • The water steadily seeped in through the thirl.
  • The number of unemployed keeps rising steadily.

All 40 example sentences with steadily

Forms of steadily

comparativemore steadily
superlativemost steadily

Origin of steadily

From steady + -ly.

Words formed from steadily

Questions about steadily

What does steadily mean?
Steadily means in a steady manner; with a steady progression.
What is steadily in Tamil?
Steadily in Tamil is நிதானத்துடன். See Steadily meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is steadily?
Steadily is an adverb.
How do you pronounce steadily?
Steadily is pronounced /ˈstɛdɪli/.

Words near steadily in the dictionary

  1. steadier
  2. steadiers
  3. steadies
  4. steadies the ship
  5. steadiest
  6. steadily
  7. steadiment
  8. steadiments
  9. steadiness
  10. steadinesses
  11. steading

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: steadily (page history and authors); steadily (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); steadily (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); steadily (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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