insistently

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adverb

In an insistent manner; pressingly.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

adverbinsistently (comparative more insistently, superlative most insistently)

comparative more insistently · superlative most insistently

  1. In an insistent manner; pressingly.

    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
    2 more examples

    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

Origin

Translations

Catalan insistentment
  • insistentmentin an insistent manner
Esperanto insiste
  • insistein an insistent manner
Finnish itsepintaisesti, hellittämättömästi
  • itsepintaisestiin an insistent manner
  • hellittämättömästiin an insistent manner
Italian insistentemente
  • insistentementein an insistent manner
Portuguese insistentemente
  • insistentementein an insistent manner
Spanish insistentemente, encarecidamente
  • insistentementein an insistent manner
  • encarecidamentein an insistent manner
Swedish enträget
  • enträgetin an insistent manner
Cite this entry
APA

insistently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insistently

MLA

“insistently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insistently. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insistently,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insistently.

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