insistently

/ɪnˈsɪstəntli/
adverb
  1. In a way that shows firm and repeated demands or requests.
    • The child insistently asked for a cookie until his mother gave in.
    • The dog barked insistently at the door until someone let him out.
    • She insistently reminded her team about the deadline every day.
  2. In a way that continues for a long time and is hard to ignore.
    • The phone rang insistently, but no one answered it.
    • Rain fell insistently all afternoon, flooding the streets.
    • A fly buzzed insistently around my head during the picnic.
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