solidly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s

Proto-Italic *soliðos

Latin solidusder.

Old French solidebor.

Middle English solide

English solid

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English solidly

From solid + -ly.

Adverb

solidly (comparative more solidly, superlative most solidly)

1. In a solid or firm manner.
   • 1957 November 14, Sputnik [pseudonym], “My Son Hates School”, in Daily Record, number 19,357, Glasgow: Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:

     BEFORE school rocketed into his tiny world with about as much warning as a sputnik, my son knew only little hates. I knew he had got himself a bigger one when he said to me after his first day there: “School, I HATE IT!” He’s been hating it solidly ever since . . . for all of ten weeks.

   • 1979 February 10, Denise Sudell, quoting Larry Berner, “California Teacher Plans Suit Against Anti-Gay Group”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 3:

     Within school, 19 of 21 teachers were firmly committed behind me, were with me solidly.

   • 2018 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 August 2026:

     And Trippier's measured penalty was another indication of his growing maturity at this level, the Spurs full-back having again performed solidly down England's right.

Translations

in a solid manner

• Catalan: sòlidament (ca)
• Finnish: kiinteästi (fi), jykevästi (fi), tukevasti (fi)
• French: solidement (fr)
• Galician: solidamente
• Italian: solidamente (it)
• Portuguese: solidamente
• Romanian: solid (ro)
• Spanish: sólidamente (es)
• Swedish: solid (sv)