doggedlyadv.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1289 Doggedlich y schal hem grete.

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1801 Of this vntrew[e] Burgeys..They were ful enfourmyd, wherfor..They lay a waite ful doggidly, Beryn to a-rest.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1398 And þou so doggetly has done in þi derfe hate.

1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 39 Then he concludes all doggedlie.

1602 R. Parsons Warn-word i. vi. f. 55^v He hath written against them most spitefully and doggedly.

a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea (1655) iii. i. 25 We have used him so doggedly, the least he can do is to thrust us out of doors by head and shoulders.

1717 D. Turner Syphilis 192 Medicine always worked doggedly with him, making him exceeding sick.

1722 D. Turner Art of Surg. II. vi. 51 I order'd 8 Grains of Turpeth. Min. in a Bolus, which worked as he call'd it doggedly, that is roughly, but which I perswaded him was the fittest Remedy for a dogged disease.

?c1663 B. Whitelocke Diary (1990) 653 Tho[mas] Havergill & his wife carryed themselves very doggedly..to Wh[itelocke] & his wife..w[hi]^ch lessened their contentment.

1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife v. i. 98 (stage direct.) Kneels to Mr. Pinchwife , who stands doggedly, with his hat over his eyes.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 57 He would not fret, nor doggedly repine.

1780 S. Johnson Let. 23 May (1992) III. 258 You cannot think how doggedly I left your house on fryday morning.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. iv. ii. 238 ‘For my part, I shall resign,’ said Lord Saxingham, doggedly.

1920 M. W. Martin Green God's Pavilion 84 According to this doggedly unpleasant young man, he had put a mortgage upon her that he meant at some time to exact.

1959 K. Waterhouse Billy Liar xiii. 174 ‘Well I'm still going,’ I said doggedly. ‘I told you I'm going and I'm going.’

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1750 I. 109 [Johnson:] A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.

1807 R. Southey Let. to Scott 8 Dec. (1855) 230/2 It never does to sit down doggedly to correct.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vii. 203 He doggedly adhered to his assertions of his own innocence.

1897 C. M. Flandrau Harvard Episodes 30 He could..fancy himself ploughing doggedly in self-defence through an incredible number of courses in history.

1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning ii. xiv. 303 He was terrified half out of his senses, but he doggedly plugged along.

1985 ‘W. Tinasky’ Let. 30 Oct. (1996) ii. 52/1 You've been doggedly betting on the 49ers, in spite of my warning, haven't you?

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Mar. a27/2 The United States doggedly insists that Fidel Castro's repressive regime must be boycotted to make it collapse.