adv
Meaning 1
In a stable manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unstably
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noun
Meaning 2
A medieval hunting practice in which a group of hunters and hounds are stationed around the perimeter of a wood during a hunt to prevent the escape of the game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a stable unchanging manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the death rate in Russia has been stably high
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in a stable solid fixed manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the boulder was balanced stably at the edge of the canyon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English stable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English stably From stable + -ly.
From Middle English stablie, from Anglo-Norman stablie.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: стабилно (stabilno) — in a stable manner
- Catalan: establement — in a stable manner
- Czech: stabilně — in a stable manner
- Danish: stabil — in a stable manner
- Dutch: stabiel — in a stable manner
- French: d’une manière stable — in a stable manner
- Galician: establemente — in a stable manner
- German: stabil — in a stable manner
- Hungarian: stabilan — in a stable manner
- Italian: stabilmente — in a stable manner
- Portuguese: estavelmente — in a stable manner
- Spanish: establemente — in a stable manner