solidly

adverb

Definition of solidlynext
as in rigidly

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Recent Examples of solidly There have been rotations into the sleepier parts of the market, such as industrials, healthcare, and energy, all solidly in the green. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 The seat is solidly blue and is all but certain to go to Markey in November against Republican John Deaton. — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 2 Sep. 2026 Markey will face Republican John Deaton in the fall in a race rated solidly Democratic. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 That Republican opposition will likely carry more weight than in past elections for the solidly blue seat. — Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 For the first time in several years, local Democrats don’t fear the backlash of coming out as a Democrat in a solidly red county, said John Barry, the chair of the Jack County Democratic Party. — Eleanor Dearman updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026 Although the South Carolina Senate race is usually a fundraising boon to Democrats, the state remains solidly Republican and has just one Democratic representative in Congress. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 The cabin itself is very old, hand-built of stone, carefully, solidly made. — Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026 Florida remains solidly in the red column for now, but with just four seats needed to flip the Senate, the battlefield is starting to expand. — NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solidly
  1. rigidly
  2. soundly
  3. squarely
  4. resolutely
  5. steadily
  6. determinedly
  7. emphatically
  8. steadfastly
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
  • Voters soundly rejected Amendment 4, losing with only 20% of the vote.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Despite constantly losing and chasing the game, Vancouver was still soundly outshot, out-chanced and exposed at five-on-five.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of soundly
Adverb
  • Hours after Apple unveiled the biggest shake-up to its iPhone release cadence in seven years — including its first foldable phone — Samsung rolled out a campaign aimed squarely at iPhone loyalists.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Still, Malone has jumped right in, even signing a player — former South Dakota center Cameron Fens, who is part of an eligibility suit filed in Tennessee — caught squarely in the crossroads of that uncertainty.
    — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of squarely
Adverb
  • Amid the resurgence of Japanese cinema on the international festival circuit over the past few years, one resolutely indie banner, Bitters End, has been quietly growing its profile across production, distribution and international sales.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Kopple’s documentary is a time capsule, offering a concentrated taste of an earlier moment in American culture, now resolutely over.
    — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of resolutely
Adverb
  • The film centers on Leo and Anne, whose relationship becomes caught in a cycle of attraction and separation as the boundaries between intimacy and dependence, care and control and presence and absence steadily begin to collapse.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The trend is part of the broader nationalization of American politics, which has steadily eroded the independence candidates once enjoyed from their political parties.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of steadily
Adverb
  • Poor Frank and Kirsten look on confused, determinedly polite in their insistence that all family members should be welcome.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • The few street names in Happy Haven were determinedly upbeat, with Christian undertones.
    — Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
Definition of determinedly
Adverb
  • Bubeck emphatically denied that the two mathematicians’ work had influenced OpenAI.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The one dissenter this round is Vic, who emphatically votes for the visible boom mic.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of emphatically
Adverb
  • Mulligan then upped the goal to $3 million on Friday, the same day the judge declared a mistrial after one juror steadfastly refused to align with the other 11.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Jay Baruchel plays Carter, with Laurence Leboeuf as his steadfastly loving wife, Gloria.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of steadfastly

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