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insistently

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in·sis·tent  (n-sstnt)
adj.
1. Firm in asserting a demand or an opinion; unyielding.
2. Demanding attention or a response: insistent hunger.
3. Repetitive and persistent: the jay's insistent cry.

in·sistent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.insistently - in an insistent manner
Translations
insistently [ɪnˈsɪstəntlɪ] ADV [ask, say, knock, ring] → insistentemente, con insistencia
he was tugging insistently at his mother's sleevetiraba insistentemente or con insistencia de la manga de su madre
he tried very insistently to sell us some toysintentó con mucha insistencia vendernos unos juguetes
insistently [ɪnˈsɪstəntli] adv
(= determinedly) [say, ask] → avec insistance
(= continually) [ring] → avec insistance
insistently
advmit Nachdruck; the telephone rang insistentlydas Telefon klingelte penetrant und unaufhörlich; this question will be put more and more insistentlydiese Frage wird immer beharrlicher gestellt werden
insistently [ɪnˈsɪstntlɪ] advinsistentemente, con insistenza
insistently [ɪnˈsɪstntlɪ] advinsistentemente, con insistenza


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He would have regarded such a thought as a great sin of pride; but the mother who brought the boy implored him insistently, falling at his feet and saying:
But of late, while he was staying in Moscow after his wife's confinement, with nothing to do, the question that clamored for solution had more and more often, more and more insistently, haunted Levin's mind.
Just as he had done after Austerlitz, he related this occurrence at such length and so insistently that everyone again believed it had been necessary to do this, and he received two decorations for the Finnish war also.
 
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