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Meaning of 'tenacious'
Meaning of 'tenacious' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Tenacious 
[ a.]
- Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to
retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights. [ a.]- Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
- Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
- Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
- Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
- Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
Meaning of 'tenacious' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. tenacious [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- good at remembering
- good at remembering
Example in sentence:
- a retentive mind;
- tenacious memory
2. tenacious [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- stubbornly unyielding
- stubbornly unyielding
Example in sentence:
- a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it;
- dogged persistence;
- dour determination;
- men tenacious of opinion;
- the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics
Meaning (3):
- sticking together
- sticking together
Example in sentence:
- tenacious burrs;
- two coherent sheets
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