persistently
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
persistent + -ly
Adverb[edit]
persistently (comparative more persistently, superlative most persistently)
- In a persistent manner.
- The small girl persistently asked her father to buy her the doll.
- 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 38:
- One of the most persistently held beliefs about sharks is that they have to stay in motion to stay alive.
Synonyms[edit]
- ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously
Translations[edit]
in a persistent manner
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Further reading[edit]
- “persistently”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “persistently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.