doggedly
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdɔɡədli/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdɒɡɪdli/
Adverb
doggedly (comparative more doggedly, superlative most doggedly)
- In a way that is stubbornly persistent.
- 1820, Washington Irving, "The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood" in The Crayon Papers:
- I grew moody, silent, and unsocial, but studied on doggedly and incessantly.
- 1906, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 6, in Love Among the Chickens:
- I continued to pound along doggedly. I was grimly resolute.
- 1983, Paul Simon, "Train in the Distance":
- She was married to someone.
- He was doggedly determined he would get her.
- 2010 Dec. 9, Ishaan Tharoor, "Obama's Quagmire II: The Economy," Time (retrieved 28 April 2014):
- Unemployment hovered doggedly near 10%.
- 1820, Washington Irving, "The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood" in The Crayon Papers:
- (dated) sullenly, gloomily
- 1785, James Boswell: The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.:
- 'Nay,' said Dr Johnson, 'a man may write at any time, if he will set himself DOGGEDLY to it.' [Footnote: This word is commonly used to signify sullenly, gloomily and in that sense alone it appears in Dr Johnson's Dictionary. I suppose he meant by it 'with an OBSTINATE RESOLUTION, similar to that of a sullen man'.]
- 1785, James Boswell: The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.:
Translations
in a way that is stubbornly persistent
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