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steadfastly

[sted-fast-lee, -fahst-, -fuhst-] / ˈstɛdˌfæst li, -ˌfɑst-, -fəst- /
ADVERB
fast
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Antonyms
WEAK
loosely unfixedly






ADVERB
resolutely
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Example Sentences

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Throughout the WBC, the Venezuelans steadfastly refused to discuss the ongoing turmoil back home or talk about their hosts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Tuesday’s jump in the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.3% broke a range that was steadfastly between 4.1% and 4.2%.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Aldama steadfastly denied the accusations, and her name was later dropped from the suit.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Throughout this long saga Logan and his now retired fellow GMB union rep John McMunagle worked steadfastly to keep shipbuilding alive in Port Glasgow, not for themselves but for generations to come.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

He steadfastly would not touch the few beans that O-lan still held in her hand, and it comforted him vaguely to hear her crunching them, one at a time, a long time apart.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck