Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pertinaciously"

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) 1.7 (wn)

pertinaciously
adv : in a dogged and pertinacious manner; "he struggled
pertinaciously for the new resolution"


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