solidlyadverb
uk/ˈsɒl.ɪd.li/us/ˈsɑː.lɪd.li/solidly adverb (HARD)
strongly and firmly:
The house seems very solidly built.
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Hard and firm
- (as) stiff/straight as a ramrod idiom
- adamantine
- cast iron
- crisp
- crispy
- crunchy
- fossilized
- hard
- harden
- horny
- ossification
- ossify
- petrified
- ramrod
- solid
- stiff
- stiffly
- stiffness
- temper
- unyielding
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solidly adverb (CONTINUOUS)
in a regular or continuous way, without sudden changes:
The economy has been growing solidly for five years now.
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Certainty
- (as) clear as day idiom
- (as) sure as eggs is eggs idiom
- and that's flat! idiom
- assured
- assuredly
- bet
- consider it done idiom
- cut and dried
- decided
- decidedly
- definite
- doubt
- indeed
- mistake
- natch
- pronounced
- proof positive
- seal
- set/put the seal on sth idiom
- shadow
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solidly adverb (CERTAINLY)
agreeing with or supporting someone completely:
My colleagues are solidly behind me on this issue.
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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