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Synonyms for tenaciously
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : tuh-ney-shuhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : təˈneɪ ʃəs |
Top 10 synonyms for tenaciously
- determinedly
- doggedly
- firmly
- fixedly
- headstrongly
- indefatigably
- indomitably
- inflexibly
- intently
- intractably
- opinionatedly
- perseveringly
- persistently
- pertinaciously
- pigheadedly
- purposefully
- recalcitrantly
- resistantly
- resolutely
- resolvedly
- staunchly
- steadfastly
- stolidly
- tenaciously
- through thick and thin
- unamenably
- unchangeably
- unflinchingly
- unimpressibly
- unreasonably
- unreasoningly
- unrelentingly
- unwaveringly
- unyieldingly
- willfully
- with heavy hand
Définition of tenaciously
Origin :- c.1600, from Latin tenaci-, from tenax "holding fast" (see tenacity). Related: Tenaciously; tenaciousness.
- As in obstinately : adv stubbornly
- As in stubbornly : adv persistently
- As in firmly : adv with determination
- Winter held on tenaciously and mercilessly, but it has let go.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- They hold the same name as tenaciously as we do, against us.
- Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther
- But he does think, slowly and tenaciously, as a cuttlefish grips.
- Extract from : « A Poor Man's House » by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
- It is the people with fewest ideas that cling to them most tenaciously.
- Extract from : « The Book of Business Etiquette » by Nella Henney
- He wondered impatiently why he clung so tenaciously to that idea.
- Extract from : « The Silver Butterfly » by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
- They hold the gold so tenaciously that they are not amalgamable.
- Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson
- Yet Bruce was tenaciously constant to the grand object of his ambition.
- Extract from : « King Robert the Bruce » by A. F. Murison
- Strange that she should in 1818 have held so tenaciously to what is so worthless!
- Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- Stinkingly and tenaciously and treacherously, as befitted, it opposed the feeding of the guns.
- Extract from : « Jim » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- Why is it that they still cling so tenaciously to the pleasures of the bull ring?
- Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, » by Various
Antonyms for tenaciously
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