fixedly

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Recent Examples of fixedly Wole faced fixedly forward, both fists clenching the steering wheel. David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixedly
Adverb
  • Magyar’s campaign has been rigidly domestic.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Now, when a ball-strike call is challenged, the strike zone will be rigidly defined based on a batter’s height.
    Juliette Arcodia, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • That means focusing more intently on new kinds of attributes.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But amid the chaos, the camera is focused intently on Robby’s face.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Expressing concerns about rising electricity rates, water shortages, and uncaring tech oligarchs, most attendees were resolutely opposed.
    Big Think, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Even with modern comforts such as a pool and gym, the atmosphere is resolutely agricultural.
    Christine Chitnis, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Ballmer steadfastly denies arranging the deal between Aspiration and Leonard, who by all accounts performed no duties for Aspiration.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Ellerup, who divorced Heuermann after his arrest in 2023, steadfastly defended her ex-husband’s innocence during those earlier episodes.
    ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Wall Street has been determinedly upbeat about the war in Iran resolving in a relatively short window.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Though his injuries were severe, the sailors watched in wonder as the cat determinedly licked his wounds, then got back to work destroying the rats threatening the ship’s food stores.
    Anne Ewbank, Popular Science, 18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • One practical effect of that requirement was the protection of reliably Democratic-voting majority-minority districts, even in solidly red states where lawmakers could otherwise favor the GOP.
    Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • After decades of discourse about how the American public’s attention has migrated away from the movies and onto TV screens, the cultural Zeitgeist seemed to exist solidly at the movies.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Artemis’ crew trained intensively with geologists and other scientists to be on the lookout for more prospective landing sites for future missions, craters and just interesting events or features.
    Jennifer Levasseur, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The lower mowing ranges are commonly used for recreational turf areas that are more intensively managed.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • And now that pressure shifts squarely onto Detroit.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Extending the statute of limitations for malpractice claims arising from conversion therapy is squarely consistent with Chiles.
    Kris Fair, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Fixedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixedly. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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