Both Uses of
dogged
in
Middlemarch
- Perhaps a mere task was the best means—something to which she must go doggedly.†
Chpt 8 *doggedly = with continuing effort despite difficulties
- No wonder that in Lydgate's energetic nature the sense of a hopeless misconstruction easily turned into a dogged resistance.†
Chpt 8
Definitions:
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(1)
(dogged as in: dogged determination) continuing effort to achieve something despite difficulties (persistent effort)
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(2)
(dogged as in: dogged by problems) followed; or persistently annoyed