STEADFASTLY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

steadfastly

adverb

Definition of steadfastly

as in continuously

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Recent Examples of steadfastly Brown-Forman, best known as the makers of Jack Daniel’s and Old Forester, had steadfastly refused other takeover efforts in years past, according to people close with the family. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 July 2026 Peterson, now 53, has spent half his life behind bars and has steadfastly maintained his innocence. — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026 But the state has steadfastly rejected mandatory measures to reduce nitrate-laden farm runoff. — Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 9 July 2026 Bunch agreed to that review, while steadfastly maintaining the museum network’s independence. — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 6 July 2026 Because so many voters misunderstand how the system works and steadfastly refuse to accept the changes needed to fix it. — Jessica Riedl, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026 Unfortunately, if someone steadfastly refuses to engage, there is no magic wand that will make them. — Deborah Mower, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 The county has steadfastly avoided taking a position on the district attorney’s freeze request, determined not to blow up a settlement that officials want over and done with. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 But back the duo steadfastly returned to battle. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 June 2026

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One of the most common mutations changes a single building block in KRAS, converting the normal protein into a form that continuously drives cell division.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The planner can continuously replan based on incoming commands, enabling interactive changes in direction, speed, and movement style without retraining the underlying policy.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of continuously

Adverb

Instead, the real-time images revealed that copper retained order in its crystal lattice and melted steadily past this theoretical limit.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
While many tiny homes have been trending steadily larger, the Sunrise Tiny House takes things in the opposite direction.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of steadily

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As All In Build Continues Looking ahead, Rashad emphasized that legacy is not simply something inherited, but something actively created and passed forward.

— Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Middlesex District Attorney's Office Police are actively looking for Arjun, who is believed to be driving that car, a 2014 green Honda Accord with Massachusetts license plate 34P-D94.

— Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of actively

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Meritain strongly disputes the allegations and is vigorously defending itself against the complaint.

— Melissa Lee,Paige Tortorelli,Scott Zamost, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
Cut back leggy stems to just above a set of side shoots, which should grow more vigorously after pruning.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of vigorously

Adverb

The Jackson estate has vehemently denied the siblings’ claims.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026
But the closures and layoffs are vehemently opposed by the state of Lower Saxony, which owns 20 percent of VW Group, as well as the unions, which hold half of the seats on VW Group’s supervisory board.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of vehemently

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The hotels in Canada’s biggest city tend to skew either unremittingly corporate or standard bohemian-chic.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
And hammering a prime spawning flat unremittingly will just as surely scatter the fish to find their springtime bliss elsewhere.

— John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026

Definition of unremittingly

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And while most of the film is unrelentingly grim, its few stabs at dark humor — most notably the punchlines about the grandmother’s faulty memory — didn’t garner a chuckle from me.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 July 2026
An enemy that was hit hard but remains unrelentingly hostile and is now reaping unexpected strategic gains.

— Daniel B. Shapiro, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

Definition of unrelentingly

Adverb

Lawyers do not merely promise to represent clients zealously.

— Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Blanche has reportedly been involved in overseeing the Schiff investigation and butted heads with former Justice official Ed Martin, who had zealously investigated Schiff before being removed.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026

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