Crossword clues for tenaciousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tenacious \Te*na"cious\, a. [L. tenax, -acis, from tenere to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Tenace.]
Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
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.
--Sir I. Newton.Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive. ``Female feet, too weak to struggle with tenacious clay.''
--Cowper.Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
--Ainsworth.Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn. [1913 Webster] -- Te*na"cious*ly, adv. -- Te*na"cious*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being tenacious.
WordNet
n. persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, pertinacity]
Usage examples of "tenaciousness".
She possessed a tenaciousness he admired and a strength that was gentle yet oddly powerful.
I can allow in clergymen, through all their divisions, some tenaciousness of their own opinion, some overflowings of zeal for its propagation, some predilection to their own state and office, some attachment to the interests of their own corps, some preference to those who listen with docility to their doctrines, beyond those who scorn and deride them.