Usage examples (36)

• He was asking questions, unavoidable questions, persistently...
• Adjective : a most annoyingly persistent young man. ,the persistent aroma of verbena; a persistent cough. ,persistent noise
• • Change the No Child Left Behind law to let poor children in persistently struggling schools transfer to private schools.
• But the operator has not lost his faith, and he calls persistently, to the very last minute, until the last light is gone and his apparatus is silenced forever.