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English
Etymology
From persistent + -ly.
Adverb
persistently (comparative more persistently, superlative most persistently)
- 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.
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- “persistently”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “persistently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.