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pertinaciously

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per·ti·na·cious  (pûrtn-shs)
adj.
1. Holding tenaciously to a purpose, belief, opinion, or course of action.
2. Stubbornly or perversely persistent. See Synonyms at obstinate.
[From Latin pertinx, pertinc- : per-, per- + tenx, tenacious (from tenre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots).]
perti·nacious·ly adv.
perti·nacious·ness n.
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Adv.1.pertinaciously - in a dogged and pertinacious manner; "he struggled pertinaciously for the new resolution"


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