persistently

1. 1.

   in a persistent manner

   “he was asking questions, unavoidable questions, persistently...”
2. 2.

   with persistence

Questions about persistently

What does persistently mean?

persistently means "in a persistent manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in persistently?

persistently has 4 syllables: per-sis-tent-ly. The stress falls on "sis". In IPA it is /pɚˈsɪstəntli/.

Is persistently a common word?

persistently is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with persistently?

2 words rhyme with persistently. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.