Where does “fixedly” come from?

Fixedly derives from Middle English -ly added to fixed, which comes from Old English -līċ, Proto-Germanic -līkaz, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "body" or "form" combined with "together."

fixedly (English): In a fixed manner: steadily, without shifting...

Definitions

  1. In a fixed manner: steadily, without shifting...

Ancestry of “fixedly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfixedsimple past tense and past participle of fix; Not...
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