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# persistently

«persistently» in Mova's school dictionary: **continuing again and again without stopping or giving up** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Persistently means continuing again and again without stopping or giving up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#m1)

2) Persistently can mean annoyingly often: «persistently late». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «persistently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.