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doggedly
adverb as in firmly
adverb as in hard
adverb as in obstinately
Strong matches
Weak matches
- bullheadedly
- contumaciously
- determinedly
- firmly
- fixedly
- headstrongly
- indomitably
- inflexibly
- intractably
- opinionatedly
- persistently
- pertinaciously
- pigheadedly
- recalcitrantly
- resistantly
- resolutely
- resolvedly
- staunchly
- steadfastly
- stolidly
- tenaciously
- unamenably
- unflinchingly
- unimpressibly
- unreasonably
- unreasoningly
- unrelentingly
- unwaveringly
- unyieldingly
- willfully
adverb as in stubbornly
Example Sentences
And never have I met a group of people as doggedly convinced that their opinion is “objectively” correct as gamers.
But it is doggedly, almost deliberately mediocre in every way.
“He was never swayed by anyone or anything,” Bergé stated doggedly of his partner.
But the Hasidic communities that doggedly stick to a living, breathing Yiddish use different dialects.
The producer, Jonathan Koch, doggedly badgered her into taking the part.
“You'll go up them 'ere stairs, young 'oman; you'll not put a foot in the kitchen to-night,” he says more doggedly.
He went down the first canyon that opened in that direction, ploughing doggedly ahead into the unknown.
All except Betty, who kept on desperately, doggedly, her muscles barely able to respond to the last call she was making upon them.
Sure, he had wanted to reach the stars, had fought doggedly to come to the very spot where he now was.
He persisted doggedly, and did his best like a man, but in his secret heart not one grain of hope was left.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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