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# steadily

«steadily» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a slow, even and regular way, without stopping or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Steadily means in a slow, even and regular way, without stopping or sudden changes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/#m1)

2) Steadily can mean firmly and calmly, without shaking, like looking at someone steadily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science, a number or amount that grows steadily goes up by about the same amount each time, making a straight line on a graph. In everyday life, rain falls steadily or a runner runs steadily. In stories, «the tortoise walked steadily on» and won the race.

### examples

- The tortoise walked steadily and won the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/#x1)
- The rain fell steadily all afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/#x2)
- The plant grew steadily taller each week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/#x3)
- Her reading has improved steadily this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/#x4)
- Hold the glass steadily so it doesn't spill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/#x5)
- The temperature rose steadily during the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/#x6)
- The queue moved forward steadily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/#x7)
- And Mowgli looked at him steadily between the eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/steadily/#x8)

### note

Adverb from steady + -ly (y changes to i: steadily). On a graph, «steadily» means an even slope; «sharply» means a steep, sudden change. Steadily is about being regular, not necessarily fast.

### In the corpora

- [Stars twinkle because moving air bends their light; seen from space, above the air, they shine steadily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it/17/)
- [A car going steadily at 60 kilometres an hour covers 1 kilometre each minute, so 20 kilometres in 20 minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons/5/)
- [Stars spend about 90% of their lives steadily fusing hydrogen into helium, a stage astronomers call the main sequence.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/18-how-stars-live/9/)
- [Stars twinkle because moving air bends their light; above the air, as on the International Space Station, they shine steadily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/32-olympiad-stars-light-and-space-history/12/)
- [Stars twinkle because moving air bends their light this way and that; planets usually shine more steadily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/70-the-night-sky/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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