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They murmured and sobbed on this journey, he softly, insistently cursed.†
p. 21.8

insistently = in a persistent or firm manner
The kitten had followed them in and now murmured insistently at their feet.†
p. 195.3
His touch was different today; insistent, gentle, ferocious, and resigned.†
p. 205.1

insistent = persistent or continuing or firm
Soon, Yves whispered, sounding insistent, like a child, and with a terrible regret.†
p. 226.2
This note of despair, of buried despair, was insistently, constantly struck.†
p. 230.8

insistently = in a persistent or firm manner
A brief silence fell, and her we resounded more insistently than the drums of Shostakovich.†
p. 286.9
It was a strange kiss, in its sad insistence.†
p. 292.9

insistence = demand or persist
It was strangely and insistently double-edged, it was like making love in the midst of mirrors, or it was like death by drowning.†
p. 385.1 *

insistently = in a persistent or firm manner

Definitions:

(1) (insistent)
persistent or continuing or firm -- especially in maintaining a view or demanding something
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)