しきりに
しきりに · shikirini · JLPT N3 · adverb
repeatedly
🔁 shikiri ni: from 頻り (shikiri), frequent, the same root as 頻繁 (often)
しきりに is the adverb form of 頻り, built on the old verb 頻る (shikiru), to happen over and over. The kanji 頻 is the one in 頻繁 (hinpan, frequent). Something done shikiri ni is done again and again, hence also eagerly or insistently.