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tenaciously

Syllables: tena·cious·ly/təˈneɪʃəsli/

tenaciously adverb: in a tenacious manner.

Adverb

tenaciously (comparative more tenaciously, superlative most tenaciously)

  1. In a tenacious manner.
    • He continued tenaciously, doggedly continuing over all obstacles.
    • […] tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke), adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC

tenaciously meaning in Tamil and Bengali

tenaciously in Tamil

உறுதிப்பிடிப்பான, விடாது பற்றியுள்ள, விடாப்பிடியான, ஒட்டிக்கொள்ளும், ஒட்டும்

tenaciously in Bengali

দৃঢ় ভাবে, ছোড়বান্দা ভাবে

Forms of tenaciously

comparativemore tenaciously
superlativemost tenaciously

Origin of tenaciously

From tenacious + -ly.

Questions about tenaciously

What does tenaciously mean?
Tenaciously means in a tenacious manner.
What is tenaciously in Tamil?
Tenaciously in Tamil is உறுதிப்பிடிப்பான, விடாது பற்றியுள்ள, விடாப்பிடியான. See Tenaciously meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tenaciously?
Tenaciously is an adverb.
How do you pronounce tenaciously?
Tenaciously is pronounced /təˈneɪʃəsli/.

Words near tenaciously in the dictionary

  1. tenace
  2. tenaces
  3. tenacibaculosis
  4. tenacin
  5. tenacious
  6. tenaciously
  7. tenaciousness
  8. tenacissimoside
  9. tenacissoside
  10. tenacities
  11. tenacity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tenaciously (page history and authors); tenaciously (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tenaciously (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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