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persistently

persistently adverb: in a persistent manner.

Adverb

persistently (comparative more persistently, superlative most persistently)

  1. In a persistent manner.
    • The small girl persistently asked her father to buy her the doll.
    • One of the most persistently held beliefs about sharks is that they have to stay in motion to stay alive.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 38

persistently meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

persistently in Tamil

தாங்கி நிற்கும்

persistently in Malayalam

വാശിയോടെ, പിന്നെയും പിന്നെയും, നിഷ്ഠയായി, നിർബന്ധത്തോടെ

Synonyms of persistently

Forms of persistently

comparativemore persistently
superlativemost persistently

Origin of persistently

From persistent + -ly.

Words formed from persistently

Questions about persistently

What does persistently mean?
Persistently means in a persistent manner.
What is persistently in Tamil?
Persistently in Tamil is தாங்கி நிற்கும். See Persistently meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is persistently?
Persistently is an adverb.

Words near persistently in the dictionary

  1. persistent organic pollutants
  2. persistent sexual arousal syndrome
  3. persistent truncus arteriosus
  4. persistent vegetative state
  5. persistent vegetative states
  6. persistently
  7. persister
  8. persisters
  9. persisting
  10. persisting down
  11. persisting it down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: persistently (page history and authors); persistently (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); persistently (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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