Steadily Meaning
/ˈstɛdɪli/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advIn a steady manner; with a steady progression.
Sentence Examples
There are marked and rapidly, steadily increasing health benefits to giving up.
The patient is steadily recovering.
The company's exports have been increasing steadily.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The old man walked ____ down the path without stumbling.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The rain fell ____ throughout the night, completely filling the empty water barrels in the garden.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English steady Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English steadily From steady + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 Railway at Hønefoss diverges."
— 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:
"It grew steadily colder and presently a mushroomy sort of smell came up from the darkness."
— 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 18:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The old man walked ____ down the path without stumbling.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The rain fell ____ throughout the night, completely filling the empty water barrels in the garden.