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.
2 She had been descending steadily, to the day, and on the day, when Mr. Bounderby issued the weekly invitation recorded above.
3 The figure descended the great stairs, steadily, steadily; always verging, like a weight in deep water, to the black gulf at the bottom.
4 De Bracy looked at her steadily for an instant.
5 He looked at her steadily, with his full, pale-blue eyes.
6 He walked on steadily in the dark.
7 Mellors pushed steadily behind, and up she went, as if to retrieve herself.
8 'Don't be upset,' she said steadily.
9 Her feelings have been steadily against it from first to last.
10 Fanny protested her ignorance as steadily as her embarrassment allowed.
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.
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.
13 He won steadily, till he was the owner of fourteen more of the gold pieces.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext 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 HardyContext 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 DoyleContext Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB