steevelyadv.
/ˈstiːvli/, U.S. /ˈstivli/, Scottish English /ˈstivlɪ/ Now only Scottish.
Firmly, unyieldingly.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb]
anredlyOE
fastlyOE
steadfastly?c1225
stifflyc1290
stably1297
steadfasta1300
stoutly1303
steevely1340
sadlya1375
sturdilyc1374
firm1377
surelyc1380
like a flint1382
tough1398
firmlyc1425
unmovablyc1425
but variancec1430
sad?c1430
immovably1435
toughlyc1450
affirmlya1513
wishly1530
constantly1534
steadily1540
fall back (also flat), fall edge?1553
staidly1571
fixedly1605
indeclinably1624
undeclinably1662
unfalteringly1665
unswervingly1805
unwaveringly1830
indomitably1837
rockily1846
unbendingly1847
indivertibly1853
unshakeablya1864
undyingly1881
unshakenly1882
adamantly1897
society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > severely or sternly
sternlyc897
stitha1000
sterna1175
foulc1275
stithlya1300
steevely1340
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
fiercely1611
piquantly1691
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adverb]
groundlya1225
hardlyc1225
steevely1340
immovably1435
fixedly1605
certainlya1616
inveterately1645
incontrollably1646
rockily1846
chronically1854
the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > in a stable manner > firmly (fixed)
stronglyeOE
fasteOE
stitha1000
hardOE
fastlyOE
steadfasta1300
stithlya1300
steevec1330
a-rootc1374
firmlyc1374
hard and fastc1380
sadc1380
sadlya1398
steadfastlya1400
stronga1400
stalworthlyc1440
solidatively?1541
hardfast1548
secure1578
sickera1586
solidly?1611
tighta1625
securely1642
steevely1790
inexcussably1816
tightly1866
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 258 [If] to moche bysy agrayþinge ne were zenne: oure lhorde ne speke naȝt zuo stefliche ine his spelle a-ye þe queade riche þet [etc.].
?c1450 Polit. Poems (Rolls) II. 239 Usure and rapyne stefly dothe stande.
1647 in D. M'Naught Kilmaurs (1912) 151 [He was] stievly and sharplie rebukit.
1684 J. Erskine Jrnl. (1893) 29 Mr. Morison..owned the Covenant stievely before the Justice Court.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 87 I'm now stively on my feet.
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf i, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 28 ‘Your father believed it unco stievely, though,’ said the old man.
1880 A. Raleigh Way to City xxv. 315 Our firm-set creeds—stievely, staunchly built, like boats with oaken planks—sail the waters in vain.
1899 J. Lumsden Edinb. Poems & Songs 317 And steevely thou thy posts did fill aye!
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