Persistently vs Pressingly - What's the difference?
persistently | pressingly | Synonyms |
In a persistent manner.
:The small girl was persistently requesting her father to buy her the doll.
With a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
* 1998 , Lyman Copeland Draper, The Life of Daniel Boone , p.310
Importantly. Often used with more in this sense.
With enthusiasm. With friendly encouragement.
* 2001 , April 10, Gillian Healey in , Managing to cope
Persistently is a synonym of pressingly.
As adverbs the difference between persistently and pressingly
is that persistently is in a persistent manner while pressingly is with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.persistently
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(en adverb)References
* *pressingly
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(en adverb)- I wrote pressingly to Mr. Boone to raise men with all expedition to join capt. Floyd.
- Why would you do that on a date, and why, more pressingly , would you do that at the beginning of a date?
- In early 1993, further education staff were pressingly invited to seminars, workshops and training days to prepare for liberation from the local education authorities.