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pertinaciously

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pertinacious  \Per`ti*na"cious\,  a.[L.  pertinax  -acis;  per  + 
  tenax  tenacious.  See  {Per-},  and  {Tenacious}.] 
  1.  Holding  or  adhering  to  any  opinion,  purpose,  or  design, 
  with  obstinacy;  perversely  persistent;  obstinate;  as 
  pertinacious  plotters;  a  pertinacious  beggar. 
 
  2.  Resolute;  persevering;  constant;  steady. 
 
  Diligence  is  a  steady,  constant,  and  pertinacious 
  study.  --South. 
 
  Syn:  Obstinate;  stubborn;  inflexible;  unyielding;  resolute; 
  determined;  firm;  constant;  steady.  -- 
  {Per`ti*na"cious*ly},  adv  --  {Per`ti*na"cious*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pertinaciously 
  adv  :  in  a  dogged  and  pertinacious  manner;  "he  struggled 
  pertinaciously  for  the  new  resolution"




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