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PERSEVERINGLY
perseveringly
(adverb) with perseverance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
perseveringly (comparative more perseveringly, superlative most perseveringly)
In a persevering manner; with perseverance.
Source: Wiktionary
PERSEVERING
Per`se*ver"ing, a.
Definition: Characterized by perseverance; persistent.
– Per`se*ver"ing*ly, adv.
PERSEVERE
Per`se*vere", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Persevered; p. pr. & vb. n. Persevering.] Etym: [F. persévérer, L. perseverare, fr. perseverus very strict; per + severus strict, severe. See Per-, and Severe.]
Definition: To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken. Thrice happy, if they know Their happiness, and persevere upright. Milton.
Syn.
– To Persevere, Continue, Persist. The idea of not laying aside is common to these words. Continue is the generic term, denoting simply to do as one has done hitherto. To persevere is to continue in a given course in spite of discouragements, etc., from a desire to obtain our end. To persist is to continue from a determination of will not to give up. Persist is frequently used in a bad sense, implying obstinacy in pursuing an unworthy aim.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
22 September 2024
SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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