What does insistently mean?
Insistently means In an insistent manner; pressingly..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In an insistent manner; pressingly..
It is conceivable that there might be in man a virtue as strong and buoyant, as unconquerable and unsubmersible, as the physical characteristics of his race, like them remaining insistently dominant through all the ages.
The youngest son, Vardaman, is unable to cope with Addie's death and drills airholes in her coffin (and accidentally into her head) and insistently declares, "My mother is a fish"--like the big one he recently caught and gutted.
Three Texas teachers heard giggles as they insistently knocked on the front door of their student’s home.
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Insistently means In an insistent manner; pressingly..
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It is conceivable that there might be in man a virtue as strong and buoyant, as unconquerable and unsubmersible, as the physical characteristics of his race, like them remaining insistently dominant through all the ages.
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