firmly
/ˈfɝmli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
Example Sentences
- "She corrected him firmly but gently."
- "‘I’m going to join the Rough Riders,’ said Stephen firmly."
- "Tie the rope firmly to the post."
- "When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him."
- "Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations."
- "This was widely interpreted to mean that slavery was once more firmly illegal in England."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɝmli/
- British English: /ˈfɜːmli/