doggedly

[ daw-gid-lee, dog-id‐ ]

adverb

1. in a persistent or tenacious manner:

   She worked doggedly and tirelessly, overseeing nearly every aspect of the show.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doggedly¹

dogged ¹( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

If you’ve ever seen someone — not yourself, of course — clinging doggedly to a flawed position to try to win an argument, you’ve witnessed a small instance of how what Hobbes termed a desire for “dominion” can distort reasoning.

From Washington Post

It may even mean removing some of the top executives responsible for doggedly implementing the deny-reality strategy over the past 10 years.

From TechCrunch

They set productivity goals for quarantine that go beyond doggedly drinking their way through their liquor cabinet.

From Eater

This year, living cells were found in another of the least hospitable environments on Earth, showing how doggedly life can hang on.

From Quanta Magazine

Over 400 pages, she doggedly tracks down primary sources and digs for decades-old documents.

From Washington Post

And never have I met a group of people as doggedly convinced that their opinion is “objectively” correct as gamers.

From The Daily Beast

But it is doggedly, almost deliberately mediocre in every way.

From The Daily Beast

“He was never swayed by anyone or anything,” Bergé stated doggedly of his partner.

From The Daily Beast

But the Hasidic communities that doggedly stick to a living, breathing Yiddish use different dialects.

From The Daily Beast

The producer, Jonathan Koch, doggedly badgered her into taking the part.

From The Daily Beast

“You'll go up them 'ere stairs, young 'oman; you'll not put a foot in the kitchen to-night,” he says more doggedly.

From Project Gutenberg

He went down the first canyon that opened in that direction, ploughing doggedly ahead into the unknown.

From Project Gutenberg

All except Betty, who kept on desperately, doggedly, her muscles barely able to respond to the last call she was making upon them.

From Project Gutenberg

Sure, he had wanted to reach the stars, had fought doggedly to come to the very spot where he now was.

From Project Gutenberg

He persisted doggedly, and did his best like a man, but in his secret heart not one grain of hope was left.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• adamantly
• decisively
• persistently
• resolutely
• staunchly
• steadfastly
• strictly
• stubbornly
• tenaciously