insistent
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Britannica Dictionary definition of INSISTENT
[more insistent; most insistent]
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demanding that something happen or that someone do something
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My friends were insistent that I go. = They were insistent on my going. [=they insisted that I go]
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He was insistent about paying for dinner. [=he insisted on paying for dinner; he insisted that he should pay for dinner]
2
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happening for a long time and very difficult to ignore
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an insistent drumbeat
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We listened to the insistent crashing of waves on the beach.
— insistently
adverb-
He spoke very insistently of the need for reform.
