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tenaciously, adv.|tɪˈneɪʃəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a tenacious manner; with a strong hold; persistently, steadfastly, stubbornly.
a1667Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year III. i. (1841) 352/2 To resent an error deeply,..to remember it tenaciously, to repeat it frequently. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. 250 Ocellus Lucanus..tenaciously asserted the Eternity of the World. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. I. ii. 111 Columbus adhered tenaciously to his original opinion. 1808Scott in Lockhart (1837) I. i. 37 My memory..seldom failed to preserve most tenaciously a favourite passage of poetry. 1882A. W. Ward Dickens i. 16 It is not surprising that..the name should have clung to him so tenaciously. |