All 5 Uses of
dogged
in
Oliver Twist
- 'When I says I will, I means I will,' replied Mr. Gamfield doggedly.†
Chpt 3 *doggedly = with continuing effort despite difficulties
- He went on doggedly; but as he left the town behind him, and plunged into the solitude and darkness of the road, he felt a dread and awe creeping upon him which shook him to the core.†
Chpt 48
- Upon it, in lieu of the dogged, black-visaged ruffian they had expected to behold, there lay a mere child: worn with pain and exhaustion, and sunk into a deep sleep.†
Chpt 30
- but Mr. Sikes lacking the niceties of discrimination, and being troubled with no more subtle misgivings than those which resolve themselves into a dogged roughness of behaviour towards everybody;†
Chpt 39
- 'What has the name to do with it?' asked the other, after contemplating, half in silence, and half in dogged wonder, the agitation of his companion.†
Chpt 49
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