"steadfastly" meaning in English

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          "text": "He steadfastly refuses to go out with her.",
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          "roman": "vjarno",
          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
          "word": "вярно"
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          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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          "roman": "asphalôs",
          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
          "word": "ἀσφαλῶς"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
          "word": "nebezkî"
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          "code": "kmr",
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          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
          "word": "bi nebezî"
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          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
          "word": "firmemente"
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          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
          "word": "resolutamente"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
          "word": "bestämt"
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          "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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      "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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      "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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      "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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      "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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      "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
      "word": "firmemente"
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      "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
      "word": "resolutamente"
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      "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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      "sense": "in a steadfast manner",
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