steadilyadverb
uk/ˈsted.əl.i/us/ˈsted.əl.i/steadily adverb (GRADUALLY)
B2 gradually:
Prices have risen steadily.
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Slow and moving slowly
- at a snail's pace idiom
- by and by idiom
- by degrees idiom
- claw your way (somewhere) idiom
- clunky
- drift
- float
- hang around
- in ones and twos idiom
- inch by inch idiom
- infiltrate
- infiltration
- labour
- mill
- slowpoke
- sluggish
- snail
- steady
- straggle
- struggle
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steadily adverb (CONTROLLED)
calmly and in a controlled way:
She returned his gaze steadily.
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Controlling emotions
- bottle
- bottle sth up
- brave
- breaking point
- choke
- choke sth back
- collected
- compose
- cork
- emotional blackmail idiom
- frustrated
- give voice to sth idiom
- gulp sth back
- harden
- put on a brave face idiom
- repress
- repressed
- self-possession
- swallow
- temper
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