GRITTILY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

grittily

adverb

Definition of grittily

as in firmly

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Recent Examples of grittily The costumes are more fantastical than grittily realistic as well, with a hip Steampunk vibe that’s more fashionable than purely Victorian. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026 Tommy’s is a slice of West Coast sandwichery — two slices, really — on the grittily Dickensian road from Kings Cross to the City of London. — Dominic Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 Yirku’s first work is not another procedural memoir or grittily funny field account. — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025 But whereas McGinley’s grittily intimate style had an erotic edge, Storch’s is tenderly attentive. — Dawn Chan, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025

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Adverb

Another season-ticket holder from that first year remembered crowds being firmly in the 5,500 range.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
The decision to leave an underperforming third-party logistics provider (3PL) is usually simple enough, but contract termination fees, system integrations and inventory transfer expenses stand firmly in the way.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

Definition of firmly

Adverb

But despite interest from the mainstream, Songer remains resolutely independent.

— Sam Davies, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026
Japan’s largest studio and dominant theatrical exhibitor — home of Godzilla and Seven Samurai — has also long been, like so much of corporate Japan, cautious, deliberate and resolutely domestic in its outlook.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026

Definition of resolutely

Adverb

That’s just a piece with what the show so far is doing best, and what Disney remakes could be doing more of, making something spiritually true, but also boldly new, out of a story everyone remembers.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
Snitker, who spent five decades with the organization, boldly promised Trump another Braves World Series championship.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of boldly

Adverb

The next clip shows George fearlessly hopping over gaps in the rocks before taking a seat on one and pointing into the distance.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Between rough-cut fringe, mermaid wave extensions, a bouffant side part and a slicked ponytail, Madix and Bembridge fearlessly sampled every style and silhouette in the big book of hair this season.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 July 2026

Definition of fearlessly

Adverb

Cultivate psychological safety by courageously speaking uncomfortable truths, a quality remembered more than talent.

— Jason Walker PsyD, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
And there is no more important group of people than these young women who courageously stood up.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of courageously

Adverb

Beyond the narrative, the production rests stalwartly on Chidester’s four actors.

— Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
He was brutally tortured during his captivity and held in solitary confinement for four of the years he was detained but stalwartly refused to provide the North Vietnamese with information.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of stalwartly

Adverb

The group swelled but Pedersen, riding on a 56-tooth single chainring, gamely stuck with them all the way to the intermediate sprint, navigating a category-two and category-three climb on the way.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 23 July 2026
Occasionally amusing but more slapdash than inventive, gamely performed but irredeemably sour, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is a skippable addition to Chuck Lorre’s ever-expanding solar system of Big Bang Theory spinoffs.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026

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