adv. 1 pressed hard or solid; not soft; 2 with resolute determination
The dough must be patted firmly to make cookies.
The dough must be patted firmly to make cookies.
Hear it
The tactically useful province is still firmly in the rebels' hands.
Hear it
I was firmly and inextricably caught; snared in the net and helpless.
Hear it
The hawk clutched its victim firmly in its talon.
Hear it
To embed something is to fix it firmly or deeply in something else.
Hear it
compact; hard; secure; solid
mushy; soft
2 syllables
firm-ly
wormley
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