tenacious

te·na·cious  (t-nshs)

adj.

1. Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of view.

2. Holding together firmly; cohesive: a tenacious material.

3. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive: tenacious lint.

4. Tending to retain; retentive: a tenacious memory.

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[From Latin tenx, tenc-, holding fast, from tenre, to hold; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]

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te·nacious·ly adv.

te·nacious·ness n.

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tenacious [tɪˈneɪʃəs]

adj

1. holding or grasping firmly; forceful a tenacious grip

2. retentive a tenacious memory

3. stubborn or persistent a tenacious character

4. holding together firmly; tough or cohesive tenacious cement

5. tending to stick or adhere tenacious mud

[from Latin tenāx, from tenēre to hold]

tenaciously  adv

tenaciousness , tenacity [tɪˈnæsɪtɪ] n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tenacious - good at remembering; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" recollective, retentive, long mindful, aware - bearing in mind; attentive to; "ever mindful of her health"; "mindful of his responsibilities"; "mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action"
	2.	tenacious - stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion" dogged, dour, pertinacious, unyielding, persistent obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
	3.	tenacious - sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs" coherent adhesive - tending to adhere

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tenacious

adjective

1. stubborn, dogged, determined, persistent, sure, firm, adamant, staunch, resolute, inflexible, strong-willed, steadfast, unyielding, obstinate, intransigent, immovable, unswerving, obdurate, stiff-necked, pertinacious He is regarded as a persistent and tenacious interviewer.
stubborn wavering, changeable, vacillating, yielding, flexible, irresolute

2. firm, dogged, persistent, unyielding, unswerving a tenacious belief

3. strong, firm, fast, iron, tight, clinging, forceful, immovable, unshakable He has a particularly tenacious grip on life.

4. retentive, good, photographic, unforgetful her analytical mind and tenacious memory

5. adhesive, clinging, sticky, glutinous, gluey, mucilaginous tenacious catarrh in the nasal passages and lungs

Translations

tenacious [tɪˈneɪʃəs] ADJ [person] → tenaz; [belief, idea] → firme

tenacious [tɪˈneɪʃəs] adj

(= determined) [person] → tenace

(= persistent) [belief] → tenace

(= firm) [hold, grip] → ferme

tenacious

adj → zäh, hartnäckig; character, person also → beharrlich; memory → unschlagbar; to be tenacious in doing something → etw hartnäckig or eisern tun; the disease had a tenacious hold on … → die Krankheit hielt … in eisernem Griff; to be tenacious of something (form) → zäh an etw (dat) → festhalten; to be tenacious of life (form) to have a tenacious hold on life → zäh am Leben hängen

tenacious [tɪˈneɪʃəs] adj → tenace