fixedly

adverb

fixed·​ly -sə̇dlē 

-stl-, 

-li

: in a fixed manner

staring fixedly into the empty fireplace

—Aldous Huxley

smiling fixedly in a travesty of carefree good nature

—Erle Stanley Gardner

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