doggedly

English

Etymology

From Middle English doggedlich, doggetly, doggidly, doggydly; equivalent to dogged +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɡədli/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɒɡɪdli/

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Adverb

doggedly (comparative more doggedly, superlative most doggedly)

1. In a way that is stubbornly persistent.
   • 1820, Washington Irving, “The Early Experiences of Ralph Ringwood”, in The Crayon Papers:

     I grew moody, silent, and unsocial, but studied on doggedly and incessantly.

   • 1906, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 6, in Love Among the Chickens:

     I continued to pound along doggedly. I was grimly resolute.

   • 1983, Paul Simon, Train in the Distance:

     She was married to someone.
     He was doggedly determined he would get her.

   • 2010 December 9, Ishaan Tharoor, “Obama's Quagmire II: The Economy”, in Time, retrieved 28 April 2014:

     Unemployment hovered doggedly near 10%.

2. (dated) sullenly, gloomily
   • 1785, James Boswell, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.:

     'Nay,' said Dr Johnson, 'a man may write at any time, if he will set himself DOGGEDLY to it.' [Footnote: This word is commonly used to signify sullenly, gloomily and in that sense alone it appears in Dr Johnson's Dictionary. I suppose he meant by it 'with an OBSTINATE RESOLUTION, similar to that of a sullen man'.]

Translations

in a way that is stubbornly persistent

• Finnish: sinnikkäästi (fi), periksiantamattomasti, hellittämättömästi
• Greek: επίμονα (el) (epímona)
• Scottish Gaelic: gu leanailteach
• Spanish: tenazmente (es), obstinadamente (es), tercamente (es)
• Swedish: envist (sv), envetet (sv), ihärdigt (sv), enträget (sv)