Antonyms for tenaciously

Grammar : Adv

Spell : tuh-ney-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : təˈneɪ ʃəs

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for tenaciously

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