pertinaciously

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“Miss Eyre, I repeat it, you can leave me. How often am I to say the same thing? Why do you remain pertinaciously perched on my knee, when I have given you notice to quit?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

He strove for it pertinaciously, however, for some time; and hazarded something himself in order to obtain that object.

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

She hardly grasped it, but child-like returned pertinaciously to her business in hand.

From Jill's Red Bag by Le Feuvre, Amy

"The painter has proved the success of a great principle, less understood than pertinaciously opposed."

From The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) by Knowles, John

"How so?" inquired Amy, hoping to gain some intelligence as to why her room was so pertinaciously kept closed.

From It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) by Wood, Mrs. Henry