solidly
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3.4
- adverb
- /ˈsɑːlɪdli/
- The Iowa Supreme Court has mainstream professional opinion solidly on its side.
- remain solidly
- solidly entrenched
- solidly established
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Watch on YouTubeShe's really standing solidly for something she believes is true.
- She's really standing solidly for something she believes is true.
- And it's almost all solidly on one side of the equation or the other.
- And so, you know, we were sort of climbing into, you know, solidly middle class and even upper middle class territory.
- And now Virginia's solidly Democratic Georgia.
Examples
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The large and influential German-American community, which had solidly opposed the Poe amendment, divided in the Straus amendment campaign.
Academic text (2000) -
The tribes stand solidly behind me.
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The country is solidly against the Biden border policies.
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Public opinion was solidly against anyone who had a good word for the Russian revolution.
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She is solidly in first place.
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But the community was not as solidly united in its opposition as many hardliners thought.
Academic text (1998) -
First, inland South Carolina residents remain solidly in favor of restrictions on beachfront construction.
Academic text (1991) -
Finally, public perception is becoming more solidly embedded in policy-designing processes.
Academic text (1991) -
She's really standing solidly for something she believes is true.
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The community solidly united to support the local school funding initiative.
Synonyms
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3.6
All act together as a group
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3.8
Everyone agrees completely
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3.7
A group of people all agree and speak or act together
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4.3
In a way that makes people or parts act as one
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4.7
People work together and help each other
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Etymology
The word solidly comes from the old Latin word solidus, which means 'firm' or 'whole', and it shares that root with solid. Imagine a group standing like one solid block behind a person, so solidly can mean 'in complete agreement or as a single undivided group'.