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insistently

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in⋅sist⋅ent

  [in-sis-tuhnt]
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–adjective
1. earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.
2. compelling attention or notice: an insistent tone.
Origin:
1615–25; < L insistent- (s. of in-sistēns), prp. of insistere. See insist, -ent

Related forms:
in⋅sist⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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in·sis·tent   (ĭn-sĭs'tənt)   
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·sis'tent·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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