All 3 Uses
persistent
in
Wide Sargasso Sea
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- Persistently.†
Part 1 *persistently = in a continuing manner -- especially despite difficulties or opposition
- It was often raining when I woke during the night, a light capricious shower, dancing playful rain, or hushed muted, growing louder, more persistent, more powerful, an inexorable sound.†
Part 2
- All the time I was writing this letter a cock crowed persistently outside.†
Part 2persistently = in a continuing manner -- especially despite difficulties or opposition
Definitions:
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(1)
(persistent) continuing -- especially despite difficulties or opposition
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)