Stedfastly

Alternative forms

• steadfastly

Origin

From Middle English stedfastlī ("resolutely, unwavering, completely, utterly, motionlessly, firmly"), equivalent of stedfast + -ly

Full definition of stedfastly

Adverb

1. In a steadfast manner; firmly; with conviction; resolutely
• 1905, , Booker T. Washington, A Man About Whom the World Should Know, … and having clearly perceived his duty, he has pursued it stedfastly in spite of opposition or adverse criticism.
• 2011, David A.Clary, George Washington's First War Chapter , “He told Washington that the Indians kept stedfastly attached to our interest.”

Related terms

• stedfastness