persistently

English

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously

Further reading

persistently in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
persistently in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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