steadily
/ˈstɛdɪli/adverb
steadily is spelled S-T-E-A-D-I-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is stedily: about 30 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 69 of all searches for the word. Steadily is an adverb meaning “In a steady manner; with a steady progression”.
How many letters and syllables are in steadily?
| Letters | 8: S-T-E-A-D-I-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, stedily, about 30 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell steadily?
Steadily is spelled S-T-E-A-D-I-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 69 of the searches for steadily in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is steadily?
Steadily appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce steadily?
- /ˈstɛdɪli/
Steadily has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-steadily.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of steadily
- more steadily comparative
- most steadily superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does steadily mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a steady manner; with a steady progression.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does steadily come from?
From steady + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).