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tenaciously

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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.

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

te·nacious·ly adv.
te·nacious·ness n.
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Adv.1.tenaciously - with obstinate determination; "he pursued her doggedly"
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tenaciously [tɪˈneɪʃəslɪ] ADVtenazmente, con tenacidad
tenaciously
advzäh, hartnäckig; she held tenaciously to her principlessie hielt zäh an ihren Prinzipien fest; the dog held on tenaciously to the boneder Hund hielt den Knochen zäh fest; he clung tenaciously to lifeer hielt zäh am Leben fest
tenaciously [tɪˈneɪʃəslɪ] advtenacemente
tenaciously [tɪˈneɪʃəslɪ] advtenacemente


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The young ladies of Highbury might have walked again in safety before their panic began, and the whole history dwindled soon into a matter of little importance but to Emma and her nephews:in her imagination it maintained its ground, and Henry and John were still asking every day for the story of Harriet and the gipsies, and still tenaciously setting her right if she varied in the slightest particular from the original recital.
Loosening this belt a little, as I tucked my toes tenaciously under the endmost bar, I undid and passed the two ends under one of the middle bars, fastening the clasp upon the other side.
Though the latter held on tenaciously, her voice lost none of its honeyed firmness and softness.
 
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