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persistently

ADVERB

busily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ardently assiduously carefully diligently eagerly earnestly energetically enthusiastically hastily hurriedly laboriously nimbly painstakingly purposefully restlessly vigorously

WEAK

agilely animatedly arduously briskly expeditiously fervently indefatigably industriously like all get out like the devil like the dickens perseveringly seriously speedily spiritedly strenuously studiously unremittingly unweariedly vigilantly vivaciously zealously

Antonyms

WEAK

idly inactively quietly

ADVERB

consistently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

always constantly frequently normally regularly routinely steadily typically

WEAK

as usual customarily habitually per usual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

never

ADVERB

firmly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adamantly decisively doggedly resolutely staunchly steadfastly strictly stubbornly tenaciously

STRONG

unwaveringly

WEAK

constantly indefatigably intently obdurately obstinately perseveringly pertinaciously purposefully stolidly through thick and thin unchangeably with heavy hand

Antonyms

WEAK

changeably flexibly indefinitely movably waveringly weakly

ADVERB

hard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

closely

WEAK

assiduously diligently doggedly earnestly exhaustively industriously intensely intensively intently painstakingly searchingly sharply steadily strenuously thoroughly unremittingly untiringly

Antonyms

WEAK

easily gently moderately softly tolerantly unenthusiastically yielding

ADVERB

interminably

Synonyms

STRONG

endlessly

WEAK

continually forever frequently regularly

ADVERB

obstinately

Synonyms

STRONG

mulishly obdurately

WEAK

bullheadedly contumaciously determinedly doggedly firmly fixedly headstrongly indomitably inflexibly intractably opinionatedly pertinaciously pigheadedly recalcitrantly resistantly resolutely resolvedly staunchly steadfastly stolidly tenaciously unamenably unflinchingly unimpressibly unreasonably unreasoningly unrelentingly unwaveringly unyieldingly willfully

Antonyms

WEAK

docilely graciously obediently

Example Sentences

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Weaker wage growth combined with persistently higher prices squeezes real household income from both directions.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Chief Financial Officer Eric Christel said commodity inflation rose 4.6% in the quarter, driven in part by persistently high beef prices amid a shortage of U.S. cattle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

“The demand drivers are clear: Virtually every AI workload, from training, inference, agentic AI to physical AI, creates data that is stored persistently and cost-efficiently on HDDs,” CEO Irving Tan said in the earnings release.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

His passion for music, however, lingered persistently in the background.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

That night, lying in the cabin beside Maxine, he is woken by the sound of the phone ringing persistently in the main house.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

persistently

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