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dogged

¹

[ daw-gid, dog-id ]

/ ˈdɔ gɪd, ˈdɒg ɪd /

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adjective

persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker.

Origin of dogged

¹

1275–1325; Middle English: having characteristics of a dog; see dog, -ed³

SYNONYMS FOR dogged

mulish, inflexible, unyielding. See stubborn.

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OTHER WORDS FROM dogged

dog·ged·ly, adverb dog·ged·ness, noun

Words nearby dogged

doge, dogey, dogface, dogfight, dogfish, dogged, dogger, dogger bank, doggerel, doggery, doggett's coat and badge race

Example sentences from the Web for doggedly

And never have I met a group of people as doggedly convinced that their opinion is “objectively” correct as gamers.

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But it is doggedly, almost deliberately mediocre in every way.

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But the Hasidic communities that doggedly stick to a living, breathing Yiddish use different dialects.

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The producer, Jonathan Koch, doggedly badgered her into taking the part.

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As the war effort turned sour, Lieberman doggedly argued for staying the course.

Joe Lieberman’s Slow-Motion Divorce From the Democratic Party |Howard Kurtz |July 18, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
"We have a passport, and will leave the town," answered the merchant, doggedly.

Debit and Credit |Gustav Freytag
The thing can be explained in no other way,” said her husband, doggedly, “if he was weel and in sound mind.

The Little Minister |J. M. Barrie
"Him," answered Mr. Hargraves, doggedly, with another jerk of his head towards the trainer's abode.

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"I knew that when I said it," interposed Bashville hastily and doggedly.

Cashel Byron's Profession |George Bernard Shaw
But I was doggedly determined that she should make some man happy.

Our Elizabeth |Florence A. Kilpatrick

British Dictionary definitions for doggedly

dogged

/ (ˈdɒɡɪd) /

adjective

obstinately determined; wilful or tenacious

Derived forms of dogged

doggedly, adverb doggedness, noun