perseveringlyadv.
/ˌpəːsᵻˈvɪərɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌpərsəˈvɪ(ə)rɪŋli/ In a persevering manner; steadfastly, persistently.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adverb]
blevindeliche1340
perseverantly1340
assiduallya1400
unwearily1434
importunately1483
assiduately1490
importunably?1504
importunely?1504
industriously1572
indefatigably1586
perseveringly1611
unweariably1612
infatigably1652
unweariedly1653
tenaciouslya1667
persistingly1748
doggedly1791
dogfully1827
unwearyingly1835
persistively1847
persistently1852
untiredly1855
unflaggingly1858
untiringly1862
unsleepingly1877
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Constamment, constantly..perseueringly.
1654 J. Crandon Mr. Baxters Aphorisms Exorized & Anthorized ii. 106 And so when we have perseveringly obeyed without a being, we shall at length bee created and have a being.
1774 J. Andrews Hist. Revol. Denmark II. 35 Christian IV...perseveringly refused to concur in the alliance.
1798 Hull Advertiser 4 Aug. 3/3 He..has perseveringly refused to answer any interrogatory.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xx. 229 The ambassadors..had found Henry perseveringly moderate.
1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon i. 70 This long process, which was carried on so perseveringly by four successive Bishops of Rome, is most remarkable for the principles which appear in the course of it.
1901 E. Wharton Let. 28 Feb. (1988) 44 We are so ‘far from today’ up in this suburb that I think it a special compliment when my friends try to find me as perseveringly as you did.
1991 B. Whitehead Dean it was that Died (BNC) 88 It had been impossible for Julia and Tom to quite ignore the three, although they had talked so perseveringly themselves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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