tenaciously

English

Etymology

From tenacious +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈneɪʃəsli/

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• Hyphenation: tena‧cious‧ly

Adverb

tenaciously (comparative more tenaciously, superlative most tenaciously)

1. In a tenacious manner.

   He continued tenaciously, doggedly continuing over all obstacles.

   • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:

     […] tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke), adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest.

Translations

in a tenacious manner

Catalan: tenaçment (ca) Spanish: tenazmente (es) Ukrainian: вперто (vperto), наполегливо (napolehlyvo)