TENACIOUS
\tɛnˈe͡ɪʃəs], \tɛnˈeɪʃəs], \t_ɛ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_s]\
Definitions of TENACIOUS
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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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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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.
By Oddity Software
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Holding fast or firmly; as, tenacious of one's rights; sticky, as glue; tough, as steel; capable of retaining; as, a tenacious memory.
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Tenaciously.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
