steadily
adv/ˈstɛdɪli/
Etymology From steady + -ly.
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 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:
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- 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:
- Derived terms
- unsteadily