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Synonyms for doggedly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : daw-gid, dog-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɔ gɪd, ˈdɒg ɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for doggedly
- constantly
- contumaciously
- determinedly
- diligently
- doggedly
- earnestly
- exhaustively
- firmly
- fixedly
- headstrongly
- indefatigably
- indomitably
- industriously
- inflexibly
- intensely
- intensively
- intently
- intractably
- opinionatedly
- painstakingly
- perseveringly
- persistently
- pertinaciously
- pigheadedly
- purposefully
- recalcitrantly
- resistantly
- resolutely
- resolvedly
- searchingly
- sharply
- staunchly
- steadfastly
- steadily
- stolidly
- strenuously
- tenaciously
- thoroughly
- through thick and thin
- unamenably
- unchangeably
- unflinchingly
- unimpressibly
- unreasonably
- unreasoningly
- unrelentingly
- unremittingly
- untiringly
- unwaveringly
- unyieldingly
- willfully
- with heavy hand
Définition of doggedly
Origin :- "having the qualities of a dog" (mostly in a negative sense), c.1300, from dog (n.). Meaning "persistent" is from 1779. Hence doggedly (late 14c.), "cruelly, maliciously;" later "with a dog's persistence" (1773). Related: Doggedness.
- As in obstinately : adv stubbornly
- As in stubbornly : adv persistently
- As in firmly : adv with determination
- As in hard : adv with determination
- "It isn't my place to ask questions," retorted Stoliker doggedly.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- "I ought to find the connection and explode it," repeated Caradoc doggedly.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- "You can get what satisfaction you like out of it," he said doggedly.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- I expected reproaches and was doggedly prepared to meet them.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Garth listened in silence, and then slunk off doggedly to the smithy.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- Doggedly their comrades rescued the wounded and quickly conveyed them to the rear.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- "Your father needn't have been here," pursued Reardon doggedly.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- Young Denny continued to shake his head––continued to shake it doggedly.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- "I 'd like to know where you had been to-day if it was n't for your pluck," said Fisk, doggedly.
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
- "I never said a word of him you 'd not find in the newspapers," said Spicer, doggedly.
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
Antonyms for doggedly
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