tenaciously
/tɪˈneɪʃəsli
/adverb
1With a firm hold of something; closely: he tenaciously gripped the struts to keep from falling limpets clinging tenaciously to rocks...
- He was four meters above the floor, clinging tenaciously to a folded arm of the landing gear extender.
- Crackers and dried fruit are prime culprits of tooth decay, as they "stick to teeth tenaciously."
- Dark green ivy snaked up the sides of the walls and clung tenaciously to the crumbling brickwork.
1.1In a determined or unwavering manner: people fought tenaciously to have the school restored tenaciously held beliefs...
- The attack was ground down by small pockets of well hidden paratroopers who fought tenaciously.
- During the reign of her half-brother Edward VI she clung tenaciously to her Catholic faith.
- Those who tenaciously stuck till the tail end of the festival were regaled by an unexpected treat.
- neohesperidine
- neohexane
- neohexyl
- neo-hippie
- neo-imperial
- neo-imperialism
- neo-imperialist
- neo-impressionism
- neo-impressionist
- neo-isolationism
- neo-isolationist
- neoist
- neo-Kantian
- neo-Kantianism
- neo-Kantism
- neo-Keynesian
- neo-Keynesianism
- neo-Lamarckian
- neo-Lamarckianism
- neo-Lamarckism
- neo-Latin
- neo-Latinist
- neo-liberal
- neo-liberalism
- neo-Liberty