insistentemente

insistently, persistently

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Usage Note

Insistentemente is formed from insistente + -mente (the standard Italian adverb suffix, always unstressed). It is interchangeable with con insistenza in most contexts but sounds more formal. Use it to describe repeated requests or nagging: chiedere insistentemente = to ask repeatedly and persistently.

Examples

"Ha bussato insistentemente alla porta."

Natural Translation

He knocked insistently at the door.

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