persistently

English

Etymology

From persistent +‎ -ly.

Adverb

persistently (comparative more persistently, superlative most persistently)

1. 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

• ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously

Translations

in a persistent manner

• Catalan: persistentment (ca)
• Italian: persistentemente (it)
• Portuguese: persistentemente (pt)
• Spanish: persistentemente

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “persistently”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “persistently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.