Solidly

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a solid or firm manner.

    "Within school, 19 of 21 teachers were firmly committed behind me, were with me solidly."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with strength and soundness wordnet
  2. 2
    as an undiversified whole wordnet

Synonyms

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closecloselyfastfirmfirmlyhardly

Example

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"Printing firms around the world are generally willing to pay perhaps a 20-percent premium to buy a printing press from Germany, because the German presses are very solidly built and are machined to exacting tolerances."

Etymology

From solid + -ly.

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