UK /ˈfɪksɪdli/
adv Freq #158923

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a fixed manner

    They stared at me fixedly.

  2. 2
    adv

    In a fixed manner.

    And ſhall not the vvant of Reaſon and Speech, be a ſign to us of different real Conſtitutions and Species, betvveen a Changeling, and a reaſonable Man? And ſo of the reſt, if vve pretend, that the diſtinction of Species is fixedly eſtabliſhed by the real Frame, and ſecret Conſtitutions of Things.

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Synonyms
2 adv · in a fixed manner. fixlystatarianly

Etymology

From fixed (“not changing; not able to be changed, staying the same”) + -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).

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