Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Perseveringly.

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  • adverb With perseverance; persistently.

Etymologies

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perserverant +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Few have been as perseverantly essential, have managed to sustain their emotion and invention so steadily at a height.

    Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers Paul Rosenfeld 1918

  • And when the friars assembled at prime, and the chanter began: Jam lucis orto, master Conrad came suddenly, which desired to be stirred with new light, and fell down at the feet of S. Dominic and required the habit of the order, and received it perseverantly.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900

  • Prostitution is a very big and thriving industry, but it does not get in your way if you wish not to get involved - mind you, those ladies will hunt you down and pester you, politely and perseverantly you have to find your way out.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Prostitution is a very big and thriving industry, but it does not get in your way if you wish not to get involved - mind you, those ladies will hunt you down and pester you, politely and perseverantly you have to find your way out.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

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