firmly

Adverb

Meaning

In a firm manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hard closely strongly heavily firm constantly steadily tight densely surely dynamically intimately solidly confidently solemnly
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Antonyms

easily badly barely hardly loosely informally
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Phrases with the word

firmly believe firmly controlled fixed firmly move firmly believe firmly less firmly

Examples

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power. Clint Eastwood

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. Isaac Asimov

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed. Gertrude Stein

A thing that is firmly fixed cannot be dislodged except with much trouble. Swahili Proverb

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal. American Proverb

Heaven above, earth below, and his own position firmly fixed. Hawaiian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

firmitude firmity firmless firmly believe firmly controlled firmly correlated