tenacious

[te·na·cious]

Use tenacious to mean "not easily letting go or giving up," like a clingy child who has a tenacious grip on his mother's hand.

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Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

Adjective S.
sticking together; "two coherent sheets"; "tenacious burrs"

Adjective S.
(of memory) having greater than average range; "a long memory especially for insults"; "a tenacious memory"

Adjective S.
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"


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Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

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Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.

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Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.

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Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.

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Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.

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Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.


Tenacious

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.

Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

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Usage Examples

I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect without esteem they cannot exist esteem is the first demand that they make of love.

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