adv
Meaning 1
In a persistent manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The small girl persistently asked her father to buy her the doll.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
persistently
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: P ER0 S IH1 S T AH0 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
with persistence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a persistent manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was asking questions, unavoidable questions, persistently...
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English persistent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English persistently From persistent + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: persistentment — in a persistent manner
- Italian: persistentemente — in a persistent manner
- Portuguese: persistentemente — in a persistent manner
- Spanish: persistentemente — in a persistent manner
Real reading context