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Definition of dogged adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

dogged

adjective

NAmE//ˈdɔɡəd//

, NAmE//ˈdɑɡəd//

[usually before noun] (approving)

showing determination; not giving up easily synonym tenacious dogged determination/persistence their dogged defense of the city

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doggedly

adverb synonym tenaciously Although the men fought doggedly on, a sense of hopeless despair engulfed them.

doggedness

noun [uncountable] synonym tenacitySee dogged in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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