DOGGEDLY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

doggedly

adverb

Definition of doggedly

as in hard

with great effort or determination the detective doggedly pursued the suspect through the city's teeming streets

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Recent Examples of doggedly For nearly eight years my office has worked doggedly to curb these utility rate hikes, and in turn the cases have only grown. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 India remains a doggedly unequal society in which money, kinship, and power distort almost all institutions. — Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 The sheer number of people and the late summer heat could have easily overwhelmed her, but she was doggedly focused. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 As an aside, the rush to depose Romo continues to gain steam even though one of the voices that carries the most weight around CBS has remained doggedly silent. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026 There’s no question that David Ellison, the doggedly ambitious CEO of Paramount Skydance, loves movies and filmmaking. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026 Arca has collaborated with much bigger, more crossover-friendly artists, but her solo work remains doggedly original and unfiltered. — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026 Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell and Logano doggedly chased Heim over the final couple dozen laps, but passing for the lead was nearly impossible (in fact; no one made a pass for the lead under green-flag running conditions all day). — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 26 July 2026 But phones are also surprisingly similar to novels—both ask people to doggedly follow and emotionally invest in the lives of strangers. — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for doggedly

Adverb

And even DeVonta Smith, who made his return from injury Sunday, landed hard in the fourth quarter and appeared to be shaken up.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026
The Capricorn Moon squares the Sun in your sign, making private responsibilities or family dynamics harder to tune out.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of hard

Adverb

Organizations like the American Library Association have diligently kept track of banning efforts.

— Naveen Basavaraj, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026
On that day, Skoloda, Pasek, and others had diligently practiced constructing the Norwegian reeve, along with other rigging arrangements.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of diligently

Adverb

Nina nodded and looked across the restaurant to watch two tall women, flight attendants, striding resolutely through the concourse, their legs in perfect rhythm.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
The time-only two-hander is resolutely Brutalist in style, with sharp, geometric lines, an ultra-thin rectangular case, and bold pops of burgundy.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of resolutely

Adverb

Though based on the visuals of the past, his output is determinedly contemporary.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
Blue-collar Ho-seok (Sul), a man traumatized by losing his factory job after a workers’ strike, lives a quiet life with his determinedly optimistic wife, Mi-ok (Jeon).

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of determinedly

Adverb

Newsom, by contrast, may need to begin campaigning intensively after leaving office rather than wait for Harris’s decision.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
The pork producers group has also intensively lobbied for legislation called the Save Our Bacon Act, which would overturn the state laws.

— Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of intensively

Adverb

Coordinating all of his department heads and units in prep allowed Vanselow to focus more intensely on performance during the actual shoot, which paid off not only in terms of Neeson’s work but that of the supporting cast.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026
Zaid’s home is bombed in one intensely melodramatic sequence that culminates in a slow zoom over Zaid cradling his dead wife and child.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of intensely

Adverb

The group listens intently as a symphony of airplanes, freeway traffic and the ploop!

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Acuña was tended to for several minutes by the Braves trainer, with Weiss looking on intently, before heading straight to the home clubhouse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of intently

Adverb

Netflix has worked assiduously to burnish its reputation as a home for advertisers seeking to align themselves with its popular programs and eager to avoid the traditional model of deploying typical 30-second commercials.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
The Austrian Alpine Club bills itself as the country’s largest youth organization, with more than seven hundred thousand members—close to a tenth of the population—assiduously steered toward skiing, hiking, camping, climbing.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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