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tenaciously
adverb as in firmly
adverb as in obstinately
Strong matches
Weak matches
- bullheadedly
- contumaciously
- determinedly
- doggedly
- firmly
- fixedly
- headstrongly
- indomitably
- inflexibly
- intractably
- opinionatedly
- persistently
- pertinaciously
- pigheadedly
- recalcitrantly
- resistantly
- resolutely
- resolvedly
- staunchly
- steadfastly
- stolidly
- unamenably
- unflinchingly
- unimpressibly
- unreasonably
- unreasoningly
- unrelentingly
- unwaveringly
- unyieldingly
- willfully
adverb as in stubbornly
Example Sentences
Sarat argued that cases like Williams' push the country closer toward one day ending the death penalty, despite some states "tenaciously clinging" to it.
Osborne had taken just one shot to that point as the Cougars worked tenaciously to deny the All-Pac-12 guard the ball.
He and other older members of the American political leadership of both political parties remain locked into narratives formed decades ago, and resist tenaciously the newer perspectives of younger government staffers and congressional aides.
"It's just another reason why we are tenaciously and tirelessly fighting for him to come home."
Short on time, Black defends tenaciously and nearly claws back into the game: 25.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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