1.
Someone who is ~ keeps insisting that a particular thing should be done or is the case.
Stalin was ~ that the war would be won and lost in the machine shops...
ADJ: oft ADJ that, ADJ on n/-ing
~ly
‘What is it?’ his wife asked again, gently but ~ly.
ADV: ADV with v
2.
An ~ noise or rhythm keeps going on for a long time and holds your attention.
...the ~ rhythms of the Caribbean and Latin America.
= unrelenting
ADJ