insistent

[in-sis-tuh nt]

adjective

earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.
compelling attention or notice: an insistent tone.

Origin of insistent

1615–25; < Latin insistent- (stem of in-sistēns), present participle of insistere. See insist, -ent

Related formsin·sist·ent·ly, adverbnon·in·sist·ent, adjectiveo·ver·in·sist·ent, adjectiveo·ver·in·sist·ent·ly, adverbqua·si-in·sist·ent, adjectivequa·si-in·sist·ent·ly, adverbsu·per·in·sist·ent, adjectivesu·per·in·sist·ent·ly, adverbun·in·sist·ent, adjectiveun·in·sist·ent·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for insistently

Contemporary Examples

Quibbling over dates aside, 19th century Americans did insistently observe a day of remembrance.
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Malcolm Jones
May 26, 2014
Some of those rabbis enlisted friends or colleagues to lobby us insistently.
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Gary Ginsberg, Michael Lynton, Abigail Pogrebin
February 26, 2014
It will be secretly but insistently pushed by the Joe Biden camp.
McAuliffe and Hillary
Michael Tomasky
April 2, 2013
He always and insistently said he supported a major troop build-up in Afghanistan.
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Michael Tomasky
July 31, 2012
If she insistently controls what she can about her life, it may be because she has control over so little.
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December 21, 2011

Historical Examples

The brothers Ricardi insistently demanded that the game should continue.
Casanova's Homecoming
Arthur Schnitzler
Gilberte insistently went on, as if enjoying her friend's discomfiture.
The Downfall
Emile Zola
It is possible that he wondered why he had been so insistently urged to come.
Chance
Joseph Conrad
The muscles of his legs ached as insistently as if clamped in a vice.
The Trail of '98
Robert W. Service
Something was insistently pressing on his brain, demanding a confession.
Millennium
Everett B. Cole

British Dictionary definitions for insistently

insistent

adjective

making continual and persistent demands
demanding notice or attention; compellingthe insistent cry of a bird

Derived Formsinsistence or insistency, nouninsistently, adverb

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Word Origin and History for insistently

insistent

adj.

1620s, "standing on something," from Latin insistentem (nominative insistens), present participle of insistere (see insist). Meaning "dwelling firmly on something asserted" is from 1868. Related: Insistently.

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Examples from the Web for insistently

Contemporary Examples

Quibbling over dates aside, 19th century Americans did insistently observe a day of remembrance.

Some of those rabbis enlisted friends or colleagues to lobby us insistently.

It will be secretly but insistently pushed by the Joe Biden camp.

He always and insistently said he supported a major troop build-up in Afghanistan.

If she insistently controls what she can about her life, it may be because she has control over so little.

Historical Examples

The brothers Ricardi insistently demanded that the game should continue.

Gilberte insistently went on, as if enjoying her friend's discomfiture.

It is possible that he wondered why he had been so insistently urged to come.

The muscles of his legs ached as insistently as if clamped in a vice.

Something was insistently pressing on his brain, demanding a confession.

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Word Origin and History for insistently

insistent

adj.

Origin of insistent