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Synonyms for firmly

The synonym for firmly recorded in this bank is steadfastly, in the sense "with resolute determination". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adverb · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 2 puzzles

The synonym for firmly

steadfastlyadverb, in the sense "with resolute determination"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and firmly carries one sense so far.

The senseadverbTier 4, High Camp

with resolute determination

We firmly believed it.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

steadfastly

Same sentence, swapped: We steadfastly believed it.

Close but different

Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.

securely
hard
faithfully

Where firmly turns up in the game

firmly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where firmly is the trap

courteouslyadverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is respectfully, in the sense "in a polite and respectful manner", so firmly is there to be ruled out.
constantlyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is invariably, in the sense "without variation or change, in every case", and firmly is one of the three tiles that lose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

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