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Doggedly

//ˈdɔɡədli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a way that is stubbornly persistent.

    "I grew moody, silent, and unsocial, but studied on doggedly and incessantly."

  2. 2
    sullenly, gloomily dated

    "'Nay,' said Dr Johnson, 'a man may write at any time, if he will set himself DOGGEDLY to it.' [Footnote: This word is commonly used to signify sullenly, gloomily and in that sense alone it appears in Dr Johnson's Dictionary. I suppose he meant by it 'with an OBSTINATE RESOLUTION, similar to that of a sullen man'.]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    with obstinate determination wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English doggedlich, doggetly, doggidly, doggydly; equivalent to dogged + -ly.

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