adj.
VERBS
▪ be
ADVERB
▪ extremely , incredibly , really , remarkably , very
▪
The weeds were very ~.
▪ stubbornly
▪
a stubbornly ~ unemployment problem
▪ quite , rather
▪
Some infections can be quite ~.
Persistent is used with these nouns: ↑ cough , ↑ critic , ↑ diarrhoea , ↑ drizzle , ↑ failure , ↑ fever , ↑ myth , ↑ offender , ↑ pain , ↑ problem , ↑ rain , ↑ refusal , ↑ rumour , ↑ truancy , ↑ truant