solidly
pronunciation
How to pronounce solidly in British English:
UK [ˈsɒlɪdli]
How to pronounce solidly in American English:
US [ˈsɑːlɪdli]
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- Adverb:
- as an undiversified whole
- with strength and soundness
Word Origin
- solidly (adv.)
- 1610s, "firmly, securely," from solid (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "unanimously" is from 1865, American English.
Example
- 1. Mr sarkozy has stood solidly by ms dati throughout .
- 2. Bill clinton 's welfare reforms , which chivvied the jobless to find work , were also solidly bipartisan .
- 3. Everybody wants something that looks cool , but programmers and carpenters specifically want something that is solidly built .
- 4. Pass through the solidly built monitored and remote-controlled door however and you 're in a bustling gleaming windowless oddly cosmopolitan world .
- 5. Mr obama amassed a solidly liberal record as a senator , then moved towards the centre during the campaign and surrounded himself with centrist advisers .