The telephone on my desk rang persistently and loudly.
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Persistently
Synonyms for "persistently" (117 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Noun(1 words)
actively engaged student
and nightassiduouslybec et ongleschronicallycommittedlyday after dayday in day outdecidedlydecisivelydeterminedlydevotedlydiligentlydoggedlyearnestlyenduringlyfaithfullyfirmlyfixedlyfor an agefor life
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for longforever and a day
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (35)
frequentlyhabituallyhammer and tongshardheart and soulhotlyhour after hourin all seriousnessin earnestin good earnestindefatigablyindustriouslyinflexiblyinsistentlyinterminablyinveteratelylike a bulldoglike a leechlonglong ago
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long sinceloyallymonth after monthmorningnoonobstinatelypatientlyperseveringlypersistinglypertinaciouslyploddingly
Adverb(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
long thrust movement
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (58)
protractedlypurposefullyrecurringlyregularlyrelentlesslyrepetitivelyresolutelyresolvedlyroutinelysedulouslyseriouslysince time begansincerelysinglemindedlyslogginglystaunchlysteadfastlysteadilytenaciouslythe livelong day
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till doomsdaytime immemorialtirelesslytooth and nailunabatinglyundyinglyunendinglyunfalteringlyunflagginglyunflinchinglyunintermittinglyuninterruptedlyunrelentinglyunremittinglyunrestinglyunsleepinglyunswervinglyuntiringlyunwaveringlyunwearyinglyunyieldinglywearilesslywholeheartedlywith a willwith constancywith total dedicationyear after year
Noun(2 words)
push hardstudy energetically
Adjective(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
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More general
1 entriesadverb of manner
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriespersistently advocatepersistently defendpersistently improvepersistently monitorpersistently pursuepersistently report
Inflections
2 entriesmore persistentlymost persistently
Derivations
3 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Crude persuasion is to persistently egg someone on.
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He persistently rang my house's doorbell.
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Tom had to persistently repeat the question before he was able to obtain the answer.
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