persistentlyadv.
/pəˈsɪst(ə)ntli/, U.S. /pərˈsɪst(ə)n(t)li/ In a persistent manner; continuously.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adverb]
blevindeliche1340
perseverantly1340
assiduallya1400
unwearily1434
importunately1483
assiduately1490
importunably?1504
importunely?1504
industriously1572
indefatigably1586
perseveringly1611
unweariably1612
infatigably1652
unweariedly1653
tenaciouslya1667
persistingly1748
doggedly1791
dogfully1827
unwearyingly1835
persistively1847
persistently1852
untiredly1855
unflaggingly1858
untiringly1862
unsleepingly1877
1852 N.-Y. Daily Times 2 Apr. 2/2 It is probably a conviction on the part of the Premier, that with the present Parliament his career must end, that induces him to protract the dissolution so persistently.
1859 S. Smiles Self-help 323 Gentleness in society..pushes its way quietly and persistently.
1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark iii. 276 A fair recompense has been persistently refused.
1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. i. 3 Gerald Middleton was a man of mildly but persistently depressive temperament.
1988 Which? 237/1 If children persistently..misbehave, they can be ‘excluded’.
2002 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 96 374 Undemocratic elections and unconstitutional changes of government have plagued African states and persistently challenged human rights and good governance in the region.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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