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insistently en · ADV

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Etymology

Etymology tree English insistent Middle English -ly English -ly English insistently From insistent + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an insistent manner; pressingly.
   • It is conceivable that there might be in man a virtue as strong and buoyant, as unconquerable and unsubmersible, as the physical characteristics of his race, like them remaining insistently dominant through all the ages. 1914, Katherine Clemmons Gould, The crystal rood, page 7:
   • The youngest son, Vardaman, is unable to cope with Addie's death and drills airholes in her coffin (and accidentally into her head) and insistently declares, "My mother is a fish"--like the big one he recently caught and gutted. 1995 July 14, Albert Williams, “Words First”, in Chicago Reader:
   • Three Texas teachers heard giggles as they insistently knocked on the front door of their student’s home. 2021 March 8, Kelsie Smith, “Teachers are making surprise visits to students who are struggling with online learning”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2021:

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Translations (8)

pt insistentemente (in an insistent manner) · sv enträget (in an insistent manner) · fi hellittämättömästi (in an insistent manner) · it insistentemente (in an insistent manner) · ca insistentment (in an insistent manner) · es encarecidamente (in an insistent manner) · fi itsepintaisesti (in an insistent manner) · es insistentemente (in an insistent manner)