adverb
definition
(manner) In a firm or definite or strong manner.
example
She corrected him firmly but gently.
definition
(manner) Securely.
example
Tie the rope firmly to the post.
Examples of firmly in a Sentence
She shut the door firmly and walked away.
His fingers closed around her arm and he firmly pulled her back.
She swung her legs around and firmly planted her feet on the ground before accepting the hand he offered.
He had by that statement firmly established his position for the future.
He pushed off once again, committed firmly to the pursuit.
Dark splotches hindered her vision and she paused, planting a hand firmly on the counter for support.
When Janet told him she was going to home-school Martha, Weller suggested rather firmly it might be a good idea if Martha went back to a more formal setting.
Jenn closed the door firmly and drew a deep breath before facing her awaiting surveillance team.
Katie dashed off and was back seconds later, frantically pushing it firmly into place.
He came out from behind the chairs, clasped his partner's hand firmly, threw back his head, and advanced his foot, waiting for the beat.
He shook his head firmly.
She gripped his chin firmly and lifted it to what light was in the hut.
He planted his feet firmly and made ready to spring.
A strong hand gripped her arm, gently but firmly pulling her out onto the open area on the verandah.
He established himself firmly in Tyre (refusing admission to Guy, the king of Jerusalem); and from it he both sent appeals for aid to Europe - which largely contributed to cause the Third Crusade - and despatched reinforcements to the crusaders, who, from 1188 onwards, were engaged in the siege of Acre.
He kept one hand, in which he clasped his tobacco pouch, inside the bosom of his dressing gown and held the stem of his pipe firmly with the other.
She planted her hands firmly on his desk and met his gaze with surprising composure.
One of Natalie's fingers twisted a curly blond lock while the other hand held a thumb firmly in her mouth.
An attempt made by his uncles to dislodge him proved unsuccessful, and no sooner was the young sovereign firmly settled than he began to meditate an extension of his own dominions.
The first arrow planted itself firmly in the rump of Sirian's spirited grey.
Local sentiment was firmly against complete consolidation.
Pierre tried several times to speak, but, on one hand, Prince Vasili did not let him and, on the other, Pierre himself feared to begin to speak in the tone of decided refusal and disagreement in which he had firmly resolved to answer his father-in-law.
On returning home Petya announced resolutely and firmly that if he was not allowed to enter the service he would run away.
Her first glance at Nicholas' face told her that he had only come to fulfill the demands of politeness, and she firmly resolved to maintain the tone in which he addressed her.
Natasha declared of the very affairs in the immense importance of which she firmly believed.
But when truth conquered, theology established itself just as firmly on the new foundation.
She pushed him back, speaking as firmly as she could without talking loud enough for the children to hear.
Len colored and glanced at Connie, who dimpled and firmly stated, "Yes."
Honor cannot, he said firmly.
It was on plain white notepaper, lined and firmly creased, written somewhat shakily with an ink pen, in the dainty script of a woman.
Dean introduced himself to the tall, good-looking boy who shook his hand firmly.
She tried to tug her hand from his, but he held on firmly.
He wrapped one arm around her, cradling her against him firmly.
The majority of the species belong to the family Pulicidae, of which P. irritans maybe taken as the type; but the order also includes the Sarcopsyllidae, the females of which fix themselves firmly to their host, and the Ceratopsyllidae, or bat-fleas.
Between a shoulder, a, in the iron bolt and a shoulder in the porcelain cup, c, is placed an indiarubber ring, which forms a yielding washer and enables the cup to be screwed firmly to the bolt, while preventing FIG.
The case is firmly fixed to a " bridge " B with its back or bottom in a vertical position.
The synagogue had become a firmly established institution, and the personal and social life of the masses had come under the control of communal law.
This Polycrates firmly refused to agree to, and urged many weighty reasons to the contrary, whereupon Victor proceeded to excommunicate Polycrates and the Christians who continued the Eastern usage.
Ignorant of the English language, and firmly attached to their ancestral forms of worship, they were yet compelled to attend a service they considered profane, conducted in a language they could not understand.
Precarium and patrocinium easily passed from the Roman empire to the Frankish kingdom, and became as firmly rooted in the new society as they had ever been in the old.
To say that the modern Nestorians are not definitely and firmly orthodox is perhaps fairer than to charge them with being distinctly heretical.
In fine specimens the workmanship is extraordinarily minute, and every fragment of metal, shell, ivory or bone, used to construct the decorative scheme, is imbedded firmly in its place.
Although firmly anchylosed to the bone, the tooth, which when at rest is laid backwards, is erectile, - the bone itself being mobile and rotated round its transverse axis.
The squamosals form part of the cranial wall, being firmly wedged in between the quadrate, prootic and occipital bones.
During his stay in the city he riveted more firmly still the affections both of the senate and of the people.
The slides are kept firmly down to their bearings by the rollers r, r, r, r, attached to axes which are, in the middle, very strong springs.
In this coal, as well as in the lignite of Tasmania, known as white coal or Tasmanite, the sulphur occurs in organic combination, but is so firmly held that it can only be very partially expelled, even by exposure to a very high and continued heating out of contact with the air.
Reduction of the ulna from a complete and distinct bone to a comparatively rudimentary state in which it coalesces more or less firmly with the radius.
The non-importation sentiment preceding the War of Independence fostered home manufactures considerably, and the Embargo and Non-Intercourse Acts before the war of 1812, as well as that war itself (despite the subsequent glut of British goods) had a much greater effect; for they mark the introduction of the factory system, which by 1830 was firmly established in the textile industry and was rapidly transforming other industries.
From this monastery went forth St Augustine and his companions on their mission to England in 59 6, carrying their monachism with them; thus England was the first country out of Italy in which Benedictine life was firmly planted.