steadily
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) Steadily means in a slow, even and regular way, without stopping or sudden changes. tree →
2) Steadily can mean firmly and calmly, without shaking, like looking at someone steadily. tree →
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 →
- The rain fell steadily all afternoon. tree →
- The plant grew steadily taller each week. tree →
- Her reading has improved steadily this year. tree →
- Hold the glass steadily so it doesn't spill. tree →
- The temperature rose steadily during the morning. tree →
- The queue moved forward steadily. tree →
- And Mowgli looked at him steadily between the eyes. tree →
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.
- A car going steadily at 60 kilometres an hour covers 1 kilometre each minute, so 20 kilometres in 20 minutes.
- Stars spend about 90% of their lives steadily fusing hydrogen into helium, a stage astronomers call the main sequence.
- Stars twinkle because moving air bends their light; above the air, as on the International Space Station, they shine steadily.
- Stars twinkle because moving air bends their light this way and that; planets usually shine more steadily.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «steadily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.