sturdily

1. 1.

   in a sturdy manner

   “feet sturdily apart”

Questions about sturdily

What does sturdily mean?

sturdily means "in a sturdy manner".

How many syllables are in sturdily?

sturdily has 3 syllables and divides as stur-di-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is sturdily a common word?

sturdily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.