insistently
English
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[edit]insistently (comparative more insistently, superlative most insistently)
- In an insistent manner; pressingly.
- 1914, Katherine Clemmons Gould, The crystal rood, page 7:
- It is conceivable that there might be in man a virtue as strong and buoyant, as unconquerable and unsubmersible, as the physical characteristics of his race, like them remaining insistently dominant through all the ages.
- 1995 July 14, Albert Williams, “Words First”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- The youngest son, Vardaman, is unable to cope with Addie's death and drills airholes in her coffin (and accidentally into her head) and insistently declares, "My mother is a fish"--like the big one he recently caught and gutted.
- 2021 March 8, Kelsie Smith, “Teachers are making surprise visits to students who are struggling with online learning”, in CNN[2], archived from the original on 30 June 2021:
- Three Texas teachers heard giggles as they insistently knocked on the front door of their student’s home.
Translations
[edit]in an insistent manner
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