persistent
adjective/pərˈsɪstənt/
Frequency rank: #4,797 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
continuing firmly despite difficulty or opposition.
Example sentence
Despite many failures, she remained persistent in her efforts to learn the piano.
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