firmly
adverb
uk
/ˈfɜːm.li/ us
/ˈfɝːm.li/firmly adverb (NOT LOOSELY)
Make sure the rope is firmly attached before attempting to climb down.
- Carefully tighten the clamp until it firmly supports the pipette in a vertical position.
- The tent pegs should be fixed firmly in place.
- The hook had been screwed firmly into the wall.
- The handle needs to be attached more firmly to the door.
- Tighten the bolt until the lever fits firmly against the panel.
- airworthiness
- as safe as houses idiom
- authenticate
- authentication
- biometric authentication
- harmlessly
- harmlessness
- have/lead a sheltered life idiom
- health and safety
- immune from something
- nonexposed
- out of danger
- potable
- protected
- roadworthy
- unaffected
- unassailed
- unbruised
- unthreatening
- untouchable
firmly adverb (STRONGLY)
- airworthiness
- as safe as houses idiom
- authenticate
- authentication
- biometric authentication
- harmlessly
- harmlessness
- have/lead a sheltered life idiom
- health and safety
- immune from something
- nonexposed
- out of danger
- potable
- protected
- roadworthy
- unaffected
- unassailed
- unbruised
- unthreatening
- untouchable
firmly adverb (FORCEFULLY)
firmly adverb (CERTAINLY)
- (as) clear as day idiom
- (as) sure as eggs is eggs idiom
- and that's flat! idiom
- assure someone of something
- assured
- definite
- definitely
- definitive
- definitive answer
- definitive proof
- irrefutably
- make no mistake (about it) idiom
- mistake
- nail something on phrasal verb
- nailed on
- unhesitatingly
- unquestionable
- unquestionably
- unreserved
- unreservedly