He stared at me fixedly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a fixed stare. ,a fixed buoy; a fixed line of defense. ,a fixed purpose. ,Christmas is a fixed holiday, but Easter is not. ,a fixed horse race. ,a fixed oil. From Dictionary.com.
It seems that "fixed around" is not defined as fixedly as I'd thought. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-06-01] Reference
There he turned, and looked fixedly at his mother. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
Again we looked full and fixedly each at the other. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
It was Lucile's turn to regard the heavens fixedly. From Wordnik.com. [Lucile Triumphant] Reference
M. Dantès resumed, looking at her fixedly the while. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
"I understand," she said, looking at the girl fixedly. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
He left her standing there, staring after him fixedly. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
He sat looking fixedly at the aviator as if fascinated. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
"May I ask, Monsieur l'Abbe, why you look at me so fixedly?". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Bewilderment grew in the blue eyes regarding her so fixedly. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
"Pray, Meta speak to her, and don't gaze at her so fixedly.". From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
He pauses and gazes fixedly at a large map of Western Canada. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
The woman looked fixedly at me for some time without speaking. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
"A compass!" exclaimed the Baron, gazing fixedly at the artist. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
'Ye'll ken my sister?' replied Ringan, gazing fixedly at the fire. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
Mrs. Maria stared fixedly at her, once in awhile tossing her horns. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
"De Thou," said he, looking fixedly at him, "retire; you disturb me.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His eyes and expression were inscrutable as he gazed fixedly at Myra. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
Flibbertigibbet was gazing fixedly at this apparition and made no reply. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
All the same, she rather wondered why Mark looked at her so very fixedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
He simply stared at her fixedly with that peculiar expression on his face. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
Then he sat looking fixedly at it, as if he was studying some hard problem. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
I responded, staring fixedly at them without blinking until they backed away. From Wordnik.com. [Caffeine killer? Never! The Starbucks defense] Reference
He lighted this and the man came forward, looked fixedly in his face and said. From Wordnik.com. [The Hilltop Boys A Story of School Life] Reference
He looked at me, fixedly, as if he were trying to make out what sort of man I was. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
His eyes caught hers, and the expression on her face made him stare fixedly at her. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
She looked fixedly at him a moment without catching the eyes he kept turned from her. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He strode up to Angela and stopped within a foot of her, gazing fixedly into her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
Caterina had been gazing fixedly at the Archbishop while he spoke, trying to understand. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
Travis looked fixedly at the ceiling and recited portions of the Episcopal burial service. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Binks leaned on his spade, and, resting, stared fixedly up into the face of the boy-speaker. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
He held up his hand for attention, although the prisoners were already watching him fixedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
"Who is this knave?" he asked at length, fixedly regarding the erstwhile badge of his defeat. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
She's smiling a little fixedly, the way most of us do in pictures unless we're taken by surprise. From Wordnik.com. [We Are Here For Andrea] Reference
He seemed suddenly to rein himself in for a second or two, during which he glared at her fixedly. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
She looked at the Prince fixedly, and added, in her clear commanding voice, with a shade of gayety. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But I held his gaze, and we looked each at the other fixedly for, it must have been, full a minute. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
Then, without moving his head, he turned his little greyish eyes upon her and regarded her fixedly. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
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