FIXEDLY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

fixedly

adverb

Definition of fixedly

as in rigidly

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Recent Examples of fixedly Mission is not about staring fixedly at the destination. — Chris Harris, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026 Wole faced fixedly forward, both fists clenching the steering wheel. — David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025

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Adverb

Security decisions made too rigidly can become difficult to accommodate when engineers modify systems later.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Starting in the nineteen-eighties, forms of identification as proof of citizenship became more rigidly required.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of rigidly

Adverb

Acuña was tended to for several minutes by the Braves trainer, with Weiss looking on intently, before heading straight to the home clubhouse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026
As the Israeli media focussed intently on the incursion, Einhorn grew restless about the progress of the pro-Qatar campaign.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of intently

Adverb

Though based on the visuals of the past, his output is determinedly contemporary.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
Blue-collar Ho-seok (Sul), a man traumatized by losing his factory job after a workers’ strike, lives a quiet life with his determinedly optimistic wife, Mi-ok (Jeon).

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of determinedly

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The seat is ranked as solidly Democratic by Cook Political Report.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Women primarily look for feel-good underwear, the no-bra movement is still kicking and shapewear has entered the lingerie space solidly, while undergarments as ready-to-wear and boudoir dressing were all the rage this season.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of solidly

Adverb

Newsom, by contrast, may need to begin campaigning intensively after leaving office rather than wait for Harris’s decision.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
The pork producers group has also intensively lobbied for legislation called the Save Our Bacon Act, which would overturn the state laws.

— Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of intensively

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That way, kids will be able to focus squarely on reading without any distractions.

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Nodding to that criticism, Blizzard placed the decision to settle squarely on theater owners that ultimately supported the megamerger and are thought to be protected under annual film quotas guaranteed in the settlement.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026

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