Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

persistently

/pɚsˈɪstəntli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: per-sis-tent-ly
IPA: /pɚsˈɪstəntli/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a persistent manner.

Example Sentences

"The small girl persistently asked her father to buy her the doll."
"One of the most persistently held beliefs about sharks is that they have to stay in motion to stay alive."

Etymology

Etymology tree English persistent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English persistently From persistent + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more persistently (comparative) most persistently (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonpersistently semipersistently

Synonyms

ceaselessly incessantly nonstop

Rhymes With

consistently insistently

Questions

How do you pronounce persistently?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɚsˈɪstəntli/.
What does persistently mean?: In a persistent manner.
Where does persistently come from?: Etymology tree English persistent Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English persistently From persistent + -ly.

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