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persistently

adv

Etymology

From persistent + -ly.

  1. borrowed from persistēns
  2. formed as persistently — “persistent + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a persistent manner.

    • The small girl persistently asked her father to buy her the doll.
    • One of the most persistently held beliefs about sharks is that they have to stay in motion to stay alive.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at persistently. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at persistently. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at persistently

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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