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Webster 1913 Edition
Doggedly
Dog′ged-ly
,adv.
In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.
Webster 1828 Edition
Doggedly
DOGGEDLY
,adv.
Definition 2024
doggedly
doggedly
English
Adverb
doggedly (comparative more doggedly, superlative most doggedly)
- In a way that is stubbornly persistent.
- 1820, Washington Irving, "The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood" in The Crayon Papers:
- I grew moody, silent, and unsocial, but studied on doggedly and incessantly.
- 1906, P. G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens, ch. 6:
- I continued to pound along doggedly. I was grimly resolute.
- 1983, Paul Simon, "Train in the Distance":
- She was married to someone.
- He was doggedly determined he would get her.
- 2010 Dec. 9, Ishaan Tharoor, "Obama's Quagmire II: The Economy," Time (retrieved 28 April 2014):
- Unemployment hovered doggedly near 10%.
- 1820, Washington Irving, "The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood" in The Crayon Papers:
Translations
in a way that is stubbornly persistent
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