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firmly, adv.|ˈfɜːmlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a firm manner.
1. With little possibility of movement; so as not easily to be shaken or dislodged; fixedly, securely, strongly; steadily, immovably.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 1439 (1488), I wist..That your humble seruant..Were in your harte yset so fermely As ye in mine. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lv. 187 Euery man praysed gretely Huon that he helde hym selfe so fermely. 1591Spenser Muiopotmos 58 His breast-plate..Before his noble hart he firmely bound. c1630Jackson Creed iv. xi, Charity..firmlier rooted..in their hearts. 1704Newton Opticks (1721) iii. i. 365 How such very hard Particles..can stick together..so firmly. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. I. 334 The dangerous frontier of Rhætia he so firmly secured, that [etc.]. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xviii. 127 To fix at each step my staff firmly in the consolidated snow. 1880Geikie Phys. Geog. ii. 7 The atmospheric envelope clasps the planet firmly.
2. Without wavering, hesitation, or doubt; constantly, resolutely, steadfastly.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. xv. 29 Þe lele Scottis men..To-gyddyr stood sa fermly. 1552R. Ascham in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 12, I am thus firmelie persuaded. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. (1843) 14/2 He was..firmly resolved never to trust him. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 177. ⁋9 A copy..which he firmly believed to be of the first edition. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. III. 119 The Goth, on whose fidelity he firmly relied. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 110 The nation was firmly attached to hereditary monarchy. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 11 It was time to trust firmly to the free understanding of men for guidance. 1887Daily News 7 June 2/6 Foreign wheats firmly held.
3. Comb., as firmly-braided, firmly-closed, firmly-rooted.
1877Black Green Past. xxi, The sunlight touched the *firmly-braided masses of hair.
1888F. Hume Mad. Midas i. iii, With *firmly-closed lips.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 249 The *firmly-rooted Christian may say. |