Doggedly vs Doglessly - What's the difference?
doggedly | doglessly | Related terms |
in a way that is stubbornly persistent
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Doggedly is a related term of doglessly.
As adverbs the difference between doggedly and doglessly
is that doggedly is in a way that is stubbornly persistent while doglessly is without a dog.doggedly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- I grew moody, silent, and unsocial, but studied on doggedly and incessantly.
- I continued to pound along doggedly . I was grimly resolute.
- She was married to someone.
- He was doggedly determined he would get her.
Obama's Quagmire II: The Economy," Time (retrieved 28 April 2014):
- Unemployment hovered doggedly near 10%.