fixedly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixedly
Adverb
  • Throughout the closing argument, Combs nodded and listened intently, either leaning back in his chair or crossing his arms on the table.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 June 2025
  • Macron, seated beside Meloni in the round-table working session with other members of the summit, leaned to his right to whisper a message to Meloni, who stared intently ahead.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 17 June 2025
Adverb
  • Rob Blanchard, a spokesperson for the governor, laid the blame for the failure to make progress on the issue of private equity squarely at the feet of legislators.
    Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
  • As the Nord 5 is squarely in the flagship-killer category, OnePlus will be balancing performance with price, none more so than in the choice of processor.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Adverb
  • If Newsom’s podcast supplied the most humiliating audio of the new Trump era, the most humiliating image was surely a photo of Whitmer physically hiding in the Oval Office as Trump signed orders to investigate a pair of first-term officials who went on to criticize him.
    Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 20 June 2025
  • And if anyone was naive enough to imagine the U.S.-led tournament in 2026 would be free of such political baggage, then surely the increasingly public proximity of the Trump-Infantino relationship has dispelled those illusions.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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“Fixedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixedly. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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