All 3 Uses of
insistent
in
Of Human Bondage
- Leonard Upjohn came to him, while he was making himself a cup of tea in the kitchen, and said that Cronshaw was complaining of Philip's insistence that he should have a doctor.†
Chpt 83-84insistence = demand or persist
- He could not deny this, but at the end of that time he became more insistent.†
Chpt 109-110 *insistent = persistent or continuing or firm
- The cry of youth was insistent, and he saw the beautiful thing before him only with his eyes.†
Chpt 111-112
Definition:
persistent or continuing or firm -- especially in maintaining a view or demanding something