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Tenacious

Tenacious Meaning & Definition
Tenacious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tenacious?

[adj] sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"
[adj] (of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory"
[adj] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Tenacious: adhesive | bulldog | coherent | dogged | dour | long | pertinacious | retentive | stubborn | unyielding

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Tenacious In Webster's Dictionary

\Te*na"cious\, a. [L. tenax, -acis, from tenere to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Tenace}.] 1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights. 2. Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory. 3. Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil. --Sir I. Newton. 4. Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive. ``Female feet, too weak to struggle with tenacious clay.'' --Cowper. 5. Niggardly; closefisted; miserly. --Ainsworth. 6. Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn. -- {Te*na"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Te*na"cious*ness}, n.

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