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# steadfastly

«steadfastly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a firm, steady way, without moving or giving up** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (steadfastly)

### meaning for a pupil

Steadfastly means in a firm, steady way, without moving or giving up. A character who stands steadfastly keeps still and does not turn away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfastly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a character stays faithful or stands still, not moving his or her eyes or feet

### examples

- He stood steadfastly by his friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfastly/#x1)
- She kept steadfastly to her plan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfastly/#x2)
- The dog waited steadfastly at the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfastly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «steadfastly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadfastly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.