insistently
With firm pressure
Insistently describes doing something with persistence and urgency, refusing to be ignored or dismissed.
A child tugs insistently at a parent's sleeve.
A phone rings insistently.
The word suggests repeated, emphatic demand for attention: She asked insistently until he finally answered.
With pressing immediacy
- pressinglyIn urgent manner
- imploringlyIn a pleading way
- pleadinglyIn begging fashion
- beseechinglyIn a pleading way
entreatingly · emphatically · forcefully · vehemently · stridently · clamorously · loudly · compellingly
Many times over
- constantlyAt all times
- continuallyWithout pause or interruption
- relentlesslyWithout stopping or weakening
- unrelentinglyWithout yielding or softening
ceaselessly · incessantly · doggedly · tenaciously · tirelessly · unceasingly · endlessly · perpetually
With stubborn resolve
- firmlyWith steadfast resolve
- resolutelyWith firm determination
- inflexiblyIn an unyielding way
- unbendinglyWithout flexibility or compromise
uncompromisingly · immovably · rigidly · staunchly · fixedly · obstinately · stubbornly · intransigently
urgently
With pressing immediacy
- pressinglyIn urgent manner
- imploringlyIn a pleading way
- pleadinglyIn begging fashion
beseechingly · entreatingly · emphatically · forcefully · vehemently · stridently · clamorously · loudly · compellingly · imperatively
repeatedly
Many times over
- constantlyAt all times
- continuallyWithout pause or interruption
- relentlesslyWithout stopping or weakening
unrelentingly · ceaselessly · incessantly · doggedly · tenaciously · tirelessly · unceasingly · endlessly · perpetually · stubbornly
adamantly
With stubborn resolve
- firmlyWith steadfast resolve
- resolutelyWith firm determination
- inflexiblyIn an unyielding way
unbendingly · uncompromisingly · immovably · rigidly · staunchly · fixedly · obstinately · stubbornly · intransigently · unshakeably
insistentlyhalf-heartedly
With little genuine effort
weakly · tentatively · hesitantly · desultorily · intermittently
insistentlymeekly
In docile manner
timidly · submissively · weakly · hesitantly · tentatively
insistentlyindifferently
Without preference or concern
apathetically · carelessly · nonchalantly · unconcernedly · dispassionately