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See definition of tenaciously on Dictionary.com
  • as infirmly
  • as inobstinately
  • as instubbornly

synonyms for tenaciously

  • adamantly
  • decisively
  • doggedly
  • persistently
  • resolutely
  • staunchly
  • steadfastly
  • strictly
  • stubbornly
  • unwaveringly
  • constantly
  • indefatigably
  • intently
  • obdurately
  • obstinately
  • perseveringly
  • pertinaciously
  • purposefully
  • stolidly
  • through thick and thin
  • unchangeably
  • with heavy hand
On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tenaciously, such as: adamantly, decisively, doggedly, persistently, resolutely, and staunchly.

antonyms for tenaciously

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  • indefinitely
  • weakly
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    How to use tenaciously in a sentence

    If the hackers are indeed from Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence agency, as experts believe, their resistance may be tenacious.
    MIKE POMPEO: RUSSIA WAS ‘PRETTY CLEARLY’ BEHIND SOLARWINDS CYBERATTACK ON GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESSMATTHEWHEIMERDECEMBER 19, 2020FORTUNE
    It will hold tenaciously there, the last of its race, days after the decay of its greener and more healthy-looking mates.
    BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
    Bruce presently came up with large reinforcements, but the castle held out tenaciously, and surrendered only to famine.
    KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISON
    He clings tenaciously to his unintelligible language, and is quite certain that he is superior to the whole human race.
    SPANISH LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRYL. HIGGIN AND EUGNE E. STREET
    The great point is gained, compelling Lee to abandon the ground which he has held so tenaciously.
    THE BOYS OF '61CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN.
    The nobles and the clergy adhered tenaciously to their privileges, and the Court would curtail none of its unnecessary expenses.
    BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IXJOHN LORD
    His dispirited troops were driven back at Toulouse, where he held his ground tenaciously until the allies had lost 5,000 men.
    A HISTORY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, YEAR BY YEAREDWIN EMERSON
    His quivering lean fingers gripped her throat and clung tenaciously.
    THE PIONEERSKATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARD
    But, difficult as Mary's task became, she clung as tenaciously as ever to her work of blood.
    HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLEJOHN RICHARD GREEN
    But Ralph had released his clutch—it was Peggy Webster who was clinging tenaciously to him.
    THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS AT THE END OF THE TRAILMARGARET VANDERCOOK
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