as in hard
with great effort or determination
the detective doggedly pursued the suspect through the city's teeming streets
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Recent Examples of doggedly
Meeting drifters and friendly folk along the way, Alvin is doggedly determined to make amends while facing ailments of his own.
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James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
There was something deeply moving about watching Cassils use the force of their own body and their intense mental focus to doggedly spell out one letter at a time, one word at a time, minute by minute, hour after hour.
—Gayatri Gopinath, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Parents and alumni of Jesuit High School in Carmichael are doggedly fighting back against the Catholic all-boys school’s recent decision to begin accepting girls in 2027.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
For a series about misfit intelligence operatives doggedly refusing to live up to even the lowest level of their potential, Apple TV’s Slow Horses is remarkably self-actualized.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
The novelist Adam Johnson is not a writer of that doggedly persistent kind.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Packages of flying tortillas thrown at the wrong time, or pocket knives, would only hurt a reputation that Texas Tech has worked doggedly to change and show that the Red Raiders are at home on a national stage, and not the crazy drunk uncle ruining a holiday.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
Lo doggedly investigates the murder, even as her fellow passengers and crew members try to quash her efforts.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
An end-user can simply command the AI to do a cleanup, wait and see what happens, and if needed, go ahead and repeat the declaration doggedly.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
There was something deeply moving about watching Cassils use the force of their own body and their intense mental focus to doggedly spell out one letter at a time, one word at a time, minute by minute, hour after hour.
—Gayatri Gopinath, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Parents and alumni of Jesuit High School in Carmichael are doggedly fighting back against the Catholic all-boys school’s recent decision to begin accepting girls in 2027.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
For a series about misfit intelligence operatives doggedly refusing to live up to even the lowest level of their potential, Apple TV’s Slow Horses is remarkably self-actualized.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
The novelist Adam Johnson is not a writer of that doggedly persistent kind.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Packages of flying tortillas thrown at the wrong time, or pocket knives, would only hurt a reputation that Texas Tech has worked doggedly to change and show that the Red Raiders are at home on a national stage, and not the crazy drunk uncle ruining a holiday.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
Lo doggedly investigates the murder, even as her fellow passengers and crew members try to quash her efforts.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
An end-user can simply command the AI to do a cleanup, wait and see what happens, and if needed, go ahead and repeat the declaration doggedly.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doggedly
Adverb
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Stevens said the loss of Lea’e’s father hit the team hard.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Worse, the tariff burden is a regressive tax that falls hardest on lower-income households and small businesses with less bargaining power.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Detectives are working diligently to solve this case.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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With its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2060, China is working diligently to move away from fossil fuels toward non-carbon-emitting energy sources.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Fundholz was speaking more firmly and resolutely than before.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Dec. 2025
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Their three arcs form a sweeping epic of sapphic immortality — resolutely old-fashioned in detail but thrillingly contemporary in the telling.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Miya’s landlord was able to remediate the restaurant’s building and Tewasart determinedly reopened in May, when at first there were few customers around to serve.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Since its debut, the initiative has been quietly but determinedly building physical bases in Lagos and Kenya, creating tangible spaces where female artists, producers, and engineers can access resources that Tems herself had to fight to find.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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This selective approach came after years of working intensively to support her two sons as a single mother.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Dec. 2025
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So important are Rubicon units that the Ukrainian security services are now intensively searching out their forward bases.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
22 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Higher Revenues With Ads Investors are intensely focused on average revenue per membership.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s National Security Strategy focuses intensely on the Western Hemisphere, at the expense of Asia, and the administration ardently desires a trade deal and strategic coordination with Beijing.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Yang listened intently to Borchers during his court appearance.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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The jury watched intently as witness Amy Marin described running to get her phone to call 911 about a vehicle crash, only for concern to turn to panic when the truck driver emerged with a gun.—
Matthew J. Friedman,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Throughout her campaign, Sherrill worked assiduously to link Ciattarelli to the sitting President.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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But the Americans, in full knowledge of Putin’s plans months in advance, assiduously did nothing to suggest a response other than sanctions, which Putin was prepared to withstand.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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