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# persistently

adverb

«persistently» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Persistently means continuing again and again without stopping or giving up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#m1)
2. Persistently can mean annoyingly often: «persistently late». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school reports and formal letters it can be praise (worked persistently) or a complaint (persistently late, persistently talking). In science and health it describes things that go on a long time: persistently high temperature. In stories it shows determination.

### Examples

- She practised the piano persistently until she got it right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#x1)
- The dog barked persistently at the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#x2)
- He was persistently late for school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#x3)
- It rained persistently all week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#x4)
- The child asked persistently for a puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#x5)
- If a cough continues persistently, see a doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#x6)
- Ants persistently searched for crumbs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#x7)
- The team trained persistently and won. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#x8)

### Note

Adverb of «persistent»; spelling -ent- not -ant-: persistently. Neutral or negative depending on context.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «persistently» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«persistently» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/persistently.html) on Mova free.