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firmly

adv
/ˈfɝmli/US/ˈfɜːmli/UK

Etymology

From Middle English fermely; equivalent to firm + -ly.

  1. inherited from fermely

Definitions

  1. In a firm or definite or strong manner.

    • She corrected him firmly but gently.

  2. Securely.

    • Tie the rope firmly to the post.

  3. Definitively.

    • This was widely interpreted to mean that slavery was once more firmly illegal in England.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at firmly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at firmly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at firmly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA