fixedly

Etymology

From fixed (“not changing; not able to be changed, staying the same”) + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).

adv

1. In a fixed manner.
   1. Firmly, resolutely.
      That is my view of the position, but if the Under-Secretary will agree with me we will certainly take the opportunity of discussing this in the course of conferring with the noble Lords who raised the point. I do not suppose anybody has made up his mind fixedly. 30 May 1945, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, Lord Chancellor, “Treason Bill [Second Reading]”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Lords Official Report (House of Lords), volume 136, London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, →ISSN, →OCLC
   2. Without changing one's expression; unchangingly.
      A consultation has been held in the corridor or in the washroom. Rhonda is smiling fixedly. Lonnie H. is looking wise and sad. 1989, Carol Shields, “Chemistry”, in Various Miracles, London: Fourth Estate, published 1994, page 219
   3. Without shifting one's gaze; intently, steadily.