Both Uses of
insistent
in
Arrowsmith
- He admired Dean Silva's insistence on the physician's immediate service to mankind, but he could not forget the cool ascetic hours in the laboratory.†
Chpt 10 *insistence = demand or persist
- So insistent was the thought that for a time he did not realize that Mrs. Novak was clamoring, "She is dead?†
Chpt 15insistent = persistent or continuing or firm
Definition:
persistent or continuing or firm -- especially in maintaining a view or demanding something