Antonyms for persistently
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : per-sis-tuhnt, -zis- |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsɪs tənt, -ˈzɪs- |
Definition of persistently
Origin :- 1723, from persistence or from Latin persistentem (nominative persistens), present participle of persistere (see persist). Related: Persistently.
- As in interminably : adv all the time
- As in obstinately : adv stubbornly
- As in busily : adv actively; intently
- As in consistently : adv usually
- As in firmly : adv with determination
- As in hard : adv with determination
- The old man has 'persistently concealed his real nature' from Betty.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- One cannot always be original and sparkling, and it is wiser not to try too persistently.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- A bell rang in the house, loudly, persistently, tearing its silence.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- But the voice continued to haunt him persistently, besiegingly, despotically.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- In and out of every day persistently, desperately, endlessly we seek.
- Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley
- The newspapers have so persistently been keeping you before the world, every one wants to see you.'
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- She pushed me to it persistently, desperately, all the time.
- Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
- It happened too often and too persistently to be accidental.
- Extract from : « Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess » by Henry W. Fischer
- I was persistently unlucky, but I only lost a score of ducats.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- I offered them chocolate, but they firmly and persistently declined.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Synonyms for persistently
- adamantly
- agilely
- always
- animatedly
- ardently
- arduously
- as usual
- assiduously
- briskly
- bullheadedly
- carefully
- closely
- constantly
- continually
- contumaciously
- customarily
- decisively
- determinedly
- diligently
- doggedly
- eagerly
- earnestly
- endlessly
- energetically
- enthusiastically
- exhaustively
- expeditiously
- fervently
- firmly
- fixedly
- forever
- frequently
- habitually
- hastily
- headstrongly
- hurriedly
- indefatigably
- indomitably
- industriously
- inflexibly
- intensely
- intensively
- intently
- intractably
- laboriously
- like all get out
- like the devil
- like the dickens
- mulishly
- nimbly
- normally
- obdurately
- obstinately
- opinionatedly
- painstakingly
- per usual
- perseveringly
- persistently
- pertinaciously
- pigheadedly
- purposefully
- recalcitrantly
- regularly
- resistantly
- resolutely
- resolvedly
- restlessly
- routinely
- searchingly
- seriously
- sharply
- speedily
- spiritedly
- staunchly
- steadfastly
- steadily
- stolidly
- strenuously
- strictly
- stubbornly
- studiously
- tenaciously
- thoroughly
- through thick and thin
- typically
- unamenably
- unchangeably
- unflinchingly
- unimpressibly
- unreasonably
- unreasoningly
- unrelentingly
- unremittingly
- untiringly
- unwaveringly
- unweariedly
- unyieldingly
- vigilantly
- vigorously
- vivaciously
- willfully
- with heavy hand
- zealously
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