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steadfastly

[ sted-fast-lee, -fahst-, -fuhst- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a way that is fixed, steady, or firm:
Her eyes remained steadfastly fixed on the fire.
The sheriff has steadfastly denied any wrongdoing.

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Snyder has steadfastly refused to even consider a name change.

Sarkozy has steadfastly denied allegations of wrongdoing in the Tapie case.

The public steadfastly refuse to accept the palace's oft-repeated plea that she is not a member of the Royal family.

As a freedom fighter, Mandela was an adversary of those who steadfastly supported the Apartheid government that oppressed him.

It has steadfastly refused to release its own estimates of non-combatant deaths in drone strikes, figures that it says classified.

She did not struggle, as she lifted her into her lap, but looked steadfastly at her with her soft black eyes.

In 1858 a chapel was erected upon the spot, and thus far it has steadfastly maintained its position.

She stopped weeping, she made a great effort to control herself, and looked at me steadfastly for a moment.

"Bad man, that Gen. Wheeler," said the Deacon, looking steadfastly out of the window.

He had drugged himself steadfastly to be rowdy and here was a lady who talked about Latin and right angles.

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