STEADILY in a Sentence

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122 example sentences for STEADILY, such as:

1. He walked on steadily in the dark.
2. 'Don't be upset,' she said steadily.
3. A full cup must be carried steadily.
4. The bus climbed steadily up the road.
5. Their standard of living steadily sank down.

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 Meanings and Examples of STEADILY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
steadily
 ad.  at a steady rate or pace
 ad.  in a steady manner
Classic Sentence: (104 in 7 pages)
1  The streets were hot and dusty on the summer day, and the sun was so bright that it even shone through the heavy vapour drooping over Coketown, and could not be looked at steadily.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
2  She had been descending steadily, to the day, and on the day, when Mr. Bounderby issued the weekly invitation recorded above.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
3  The figure descended the great stairs, steadily, steadily; always verging, like a weight in deep water, to the black gulf at the bottom.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
4  De Bracy looked at her steadily for an instant.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
5  He looked at her steadily, with his full, pale-blue eyes.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
6  He walked on steadily in the dark.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
7  Mellors pushed steadily behind, and up she went, as if to retrieve herself.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
8  'Don't be upset,' she said steadily.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
9  Her feelings have been steadily against it from first to last.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
10  Fanny protested her ignorance as steadily as her embarrassment allowed.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  And as to the not missing her, which under Mrs. Norris's discussion was the point attempted to be proved, she set herself very steadily against admitting any such thing.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
12  Kensington, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Kew Bridge, Brentford, were all passed; and yet they went on as steadily as if they had only just begun their journey.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
13  He won steadily, till he was the owner of fourteen more of the gold pieces.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 8 A New Force Disturbs the Current
14  Well, I have been thinking whether I should not consult your husband about this as well as you, said Clym steadily.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter
15  My practice had steadily increased, and as I happened to live at no very great distance from Paddington Station, I got a few patients from among the officials.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  The administration has been steadily rowing back from its early opposition to his attendance in London.
2  The train chugged steadily along the West Highland Line.
3  A full cup must be carried steadily.
4  Violence between the two sides has been steadily escalating.
5  The country has been steadily industrializing.
6  And still the row rumbles on over who is to blame for the steadily surging crime statistics.
7  The fire advanced steadily through the forest.
8  The rights of the individual are being steadily eroded.
9  Pursue your object, be it what it will, steadily and indefatigably.
10  All these have helped raise farm yields steadily.
11  The bus climbed steadily up the road.
12  The cliff face has been steadily eroded by the sea.
13  The party's share of the electorate has diminished steadily.
14  Their standard of living steadily sank down.
15  Prices have risen steadily during the past decade.