steadilly

Updated: January 31, 2026

The party could at any time overtake or outstep the fugitives, but they contented themselves with pressing steadilly on them, in open order, without firing a shot, occasionally making a spurt, which had the effect of causing the blacks to drop nearly all their spears.

Frank Jardine - Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland