pertinaciously
UK/ˌpɜː.təˈneɪ.ʃəs.li//ˌpɝːtənˈeɪʃəsli/
pertinaciously adverb: in a stubbornly resolute manner; tenaciously holding one's course of action or opinion.
Adverb
pertinaciously (comparative more pertinaciously, superlative most pertinaciously)
- In a stubbornly resolute manner; tenaciously holding one's course of action or opinion.
- Saint Augustine makes this difference betweene an heretike, and him that beleeves an heretike. The first begets or followes an errour pertinaciously.1601, William Barlow, A defence of the articles of the Protestants religion, Article 3, Answer, page 72
- They shall therefore suffer punishment who reject this heavenly Light, and continue pertinaciously fix'd in those deadly principles which extinguish all knowledge of Virtue.1701, John LeClerc, edited by Samuel Buckley, The Harmony of the Evangelists, London, page 62
- Synonyms:
- doggedly, obstinately, persistently, resolutely, stubbornly, unyieldingly
pertinaciously meaning in Tamil
pertinaciously in Tamil
- விடாப்பிடியாய்
Examples of pertinaciously in a sentence
- No astronomical fallacy is more untenable, and none has been more pertinaciously adhered to, than that of the absolute illimitation of the Universe of Stars.1848 March, Edgar A[llan] Poe, Eureka: A Prose Poem, New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] P[almer] Putnam, of late firm of “Wiley & Putnam,” […]...
- I work with might and main against his Immigration Bill—as pertinaciously and as vindictively, indeed, as he works against our University.1873, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Charles Dudley Warner, chapter XLII, in The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day, Hartford...
- If the great comedian [Charlie Chaplin] wishes to stay here in the country whose citizenship he has so pertinaciously retained, he will be less harassed and very welcome.1952 September 29, “Names Make News: Charlie Chaplin”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25...
- In Greater Poland (Wielkopolska) the middle class and part of the local gentry clung pertinaciously to Lutheranism.September 2001, Waldemar Kowalski, “Converts to Catholicism and Reformed Franciscans in Early Modern Poland”, in Church History, volume 70...
Synonyms of pertinaciously
Forms of pertinaciously
| comparative | more pertinaciously |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pertinaciously |
Origin of pertinaciously
From pertinacious + -ly, from Latin pertināx, from per- (“very”) + tenāx (“tenacious”), from teneō (“to hold”).
Questions about pertinaciously
- What does pertinaciously mean?
- Pertinaciously means in a stubbornly resolute manner; tenaciously holding one's course of action or opinion.
- What is pertinaciously in Tamil?
- Pertinaciously in Tamil is விடாப்பிடியாய். See Pertinaciously meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use pertinaciously in a sentence?
- No astronomical fallacy is more untenable, and none has been more pertinaciously adhered to, than that of the absolute illimitation of the Universe of Stars.
- What part of speech is pertinaciously?
- Pertinaciously is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce pertinaciously?
- Pertinaciously is pronounced /ˌpɜː.təˈneɪ.ʃəs.li/ (UK).
Words near pertinaciously in the dictionary
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