steadily

Etymology

From steady + -ly.

adv

  1. In a steady manner; with a steady progression.
    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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