Meanings
comparative more tenaciously · superlative most tenaciously
- In a tenacious manner.
He continued tenaciously, doggedly continuing over all obstacles.
1 more example
[…] tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke), adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest.
1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith obstinate determination
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan tenaçment
- tenaçmentin a tenacious manner
Polish uparcie, wytrwale
- uparciein a tenacious manner
- wytrwalein a tenacious manner
- zawzięciein a tenacious manner
Spanish tenazmente
- tenazmentein a tenacious manner
Ukrainian вперто, наполегливо
- вперто (vperto)in a tenacious manner
- наполегливо (napolehlyvo)in a tenacious manner
Cite this entry
tenaciously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenaciously
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