| 单词 | steadily |
| 释义 | steadily (once / 202 pages) adv Something that happens steadily occurs at a predictable, reliable, unchanging pace. If it keeps raining for hours, it's been raining steadily. If you stand outside without an umbrella, you will steadily get drenched. Anything that keeps happening at a regular clip is happening steadily. A politician who campaigns every day for months has been campaigning steadily. If you write an hour a day on a novel, the novel is growing steadily. The opposite of steadily is unsteadily, which would describe something that happens in an irregular, shaky, or unpredictable way. Anything done steadily goes on and on. WORD FAMILYsteady: steadied, steadier, steadies, steadiest, steadily, steadiness, steadying, steadyingly, steadyly, unsteady+/steadiness: steadinesses/unsteadiness: unsteadinesses/unsteady: unsteadied, unsteadily, unsteadiness, unsteadyingly USAGE EXAMPLESThere are currently 1,495 patients in the state registry but that number will steadily increase. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Over the years, her steadily expanding family of eight children all started their preschool years at the center, and they are thriving in school. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Scientists say that for the first time in years, more elephants are being killed than born, with the population steadily decreasing. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adv at a steady rate or pace his interest eroded steadily 2adv in a steady manner he could still walk steadily Syn|Ant steady falteringly, uncertainly, unsteadily in an unsteady manner |
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