Synonym: firm, hard, securely, steadfastly, unwaveringly. Similar words: firm, confirm, chairman, first, on fire, fire up, at first, catch fire. Meaning: [ˈfɜːmli] adv. 1. with resolute determination 2. in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger 3. with firmness.
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151. The attention of the news media was firmly focused on the elections.
152. The Prime Minister is now firmly ensconced in Downing Street with a large majority.
153. His book is firmly grounded in memories of his own childhood.
154. Tuck the sheets in firmly.
155. After some time the roots become firmly attached.
156. Inflation is moving firmly downwards.
157. The panel was firmly anchored by two large bolts.
158. Pastor Braun started whistling again, just as firmly.
159. She knotted the parcel firmly.
160. I hold firmly to my original views. After all I am a philosopher. Voltaire
161. She took his arm firmly, just above the elbow, and jerked him half way off his stool.
162. They are too anxious about being something else than simply men, not firmly enough poised.
163. But the West would be well advised to keep its head firmly screwed on.
164. I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. Vince Lombardi
165. If you do not have ABS, pump gently but firmly.
166. Every man has a right to have his opinion and pass judgment on others. I have absolutely nothing against all those who criticized me as an actor and firmly believed that I could not act and was only good in all the dancing and singing kind of roles. Jeetendra
167. Anything you may hold firmly in your imagination can be yours. William James
168. Deliberate assistance to economic growth went hand in hand with administrative reform aimed at channelling its profits firmly into princely treasuries.
169. At what point do tour operators firmly reserve their hotel accommodation?
170. It is impossible to select any important part of it without soon realising that its root is firmly grounded in atheism.
171. Tesla was told firmly that he must never so much as mention the subject of alternating current.
172. These include the more firmly established association between the drugs and a potentially fatal lung disease, primary pulmonary hypertension.
173. This is the position of Christopher Norris, who modestly but firmly maintains that all anglophone readers except himself have misunderstood Derrida.
174. Creatures like sea stars and anemones attach themselves firmly to rocks.
175. Breakfast had been fruit and coffee; she'd firmly resisted the croissants with butter and apricot jam.
176. Pleasant was a more applicable word,[http://sentencedict.com/firmly.html] she told herself firmly.
177. It then becomes more firmly attached and receives nourishment from the fish by root-like processes.
178. Once you are happy with the overall design, fix it in position with rubber solution adhesive as firmly as possible.
179. Up until now most advanced snowboarders have firmly resisted anything except a non-release binding.
More similar words: firm, confirm, chairman, first, on fire, fire up, at first, catch fire, first of all, set fire to, first prize, at first sight, the first person, first and foremost, in the first place.