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Definition: Tenaciously |
TenaciouslyAdverb1. With obstinate determination; "he pursued her doggedly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tenaciously" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Synonym: TenaciouslySynonym: doggedly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tenaciously |
| English words defined with "tenaciously": cling ♦ hang ♦ Rubricist ♦ stubborn. (references) |
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Economic History | Indonesia | During much of the same period, BI was under intense political and institutional pressure from the Wahid Administration which pushed tenaciously for amendments to the BI Law that would permit the Government to remove the entire BI board. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tenaciously" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tenaciously" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 55 | 45,713 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "tenaciously"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بتصلب (perseveringly, stiff), بعناد (hard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | obstinément, avec ténacité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zäh (dogged, glutinous, hardened, Hardy, leathery, oily, ropy, rubbery, slow moving, stiff, stringily, stringy, stubborn, tenacious, tough), klebrige (clammy, glutinously, stringier, viscidly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enaciouslytay tenazmente. (various references) cu tenacitate. (various references) цепко. (various references) tenazmente. (various references) хватко. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Tenaciously" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tenatiously. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tenaciously" (pronounced tunā"shuslē) |
| 6 | -ā" sh u s l ē | fallaciously, graciously, hellaciously, ostentatiously. |
| 5 | -sh u s l ē | ambitiously, anxiously, capriciously, cautiously, consciously, deliciously, expeditiously, facetiously, ferociously, judiciously, maliciously, subconsciously, surreptitiously, suspiciously, unconsciously, viciously. |
| 4 | -u s l ē | aimlessly, anonymously, assiduously, autonomously, breathlessly, callously, carelessly, ceaselessly, conscientiously, conspicuously, contemporaneously, contemptuously, continuously, courageously, curiously, dangerously, disastrously, effortlessly, egregiously, endlessly, enormously, enviously, erroneously, fabulously, famously, flawlessly, frivolously, fruitlessly, furiously, generously, gloriously, gratuitously, grievously, harmlessly, harmoniously, helplessly, hideously, hilariously, hopelessly, horrendously, humorously, incongruously, indigenously, ingeniously, instantaneously, intravenously, jealously, laboriously, listlessly, ludicrously, marvelously, mercilessly, meticulously, mindlessly, miraculously, mysteriously, needlessly, nervously, notoriously, obviously, ominously, outrageously, painlessly, perilously, piously, posthumously, precariously, precipitously, previously, prodigiously, purposely, recklessly, relentlessly, religiously, restlessly, ridiculously, righteously, rigorously, ruthlessly, scrupulously, seamlessly, seriously, shamelessly, simultaneously, spontaneously, strenuously, studiously, synonymously, tediously, tirelessly, tremendously, tremulously, unambiguously, unanimously, unceremoniously, variously, vicariously, vigorously, vociferously, zealously. |
| 3 | -s l ē | adversely, closely, concisely, conversely, densely, expressly, falsely, fiercely, grossly, immensely, intensely, inversely, loosely, nicely, parsley, perversely, precisely, princely, profusely, scarcely, sparsely, tensely, tersely, thusly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-o-s-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: inoculates, inosculate. | |
-2 letters: coastline, consulate, inoculate, sectional, suctional, tenacious. | |
-3 letters: acolytes, aconites, acyloins, alnicoes, alunites, anolytes, auctions, autolyse, canoeist, cautions, clayiest, coaliest, counties, cousinly, cutlines, cyanites, cytosine, elations, elutions, insolate, insulate, lacteous, lactones, lacunose, lanosity, lections, linecuts, linocuts, locustae, lunacies, lunatics, noctules, osculant, osculate, outlines, saliency, scantily, secantly, societal, sonicate, sultanic, telsonic, toenails, tunicles, uneasily, unsocial. | |
-4 letters: acetins, acetous, acetyls, acinose, acinous, acolyte, aconite, actions, acutely, acyloin, alnicos, aloetic, alunite, anisole, anolyte, anticly, atonics, atonies, auction, aunties, cantles, cations, catlins, cauline, caution, celosia, censual, centals, cineast, cineols, citolas, citoles, clients, conatus, consult, contuse, coteaus, counsel, cutline, cyanite, cystein, cystine, elastic, elastin, elation, eluants, elusion, elution, elysian, entails, entoils, etalons, eustacy, inclose, inlaces, inocula, inulase, isolate, laciest, lactone, lactose, lacunes, lancets, latency, latices, latinos, launces, layouts, lectins, lection, leucins, linecut, linocut, locates, locusta, luetics, lunatic, luniest, luteins, nailset, nastily, noctule, notices, nutcase, octanes, oculist, oilcans, outlain, outlays, outlies, outline, outsail, saintly, salient, saltine, sanicle, saucily, scaleni, scantly, section, sinuate, slainte, society, soutane, stencil, stoical, stonily, suction, sulcate, syconia, talcose, talcous, talions, tenails, tincals, toenail, tolanes, toucans, tunicae, tunicle, tylosin, uncials, unclose, uncoils, unlaces, utensil. | |
-5 letters: acetin, acetyl, acinus, actins, action, acuity, aculei, acutes, aeonic, aliens, alines, aliyos, aliyot, alnico, aloins, anoles, antics, ascent, astony, atelic, atones, atonic, auntie, auntly, canoes, cantle, cantos, cantus, casein, casino, castle, cation, catlin, caules, caulis, causey, cayuse, centai, cental, centas, centos, cestoi, cineol, citola, citole, clause, cleans, cleats, client, clines, clones, clonus, closet, clouts, coatis, coital, coitus, coleus, colies, colins, coneys, conies, consul, contes, cosily, cosine, costae, costal, costly, cotans, coteau, coulis, counts, county, cousin, coyest, cuesta, culets, cuneal, cutely, cutesy, cuteys, cuties, cutins, cutlas, cytons, easily, eclats, elains, elints, eloins, eluant, enacts, enatic, encyst, enlist, enolic, ensoul, entail, entoil, eolian, etalon, icones, incase, incest, incult, incuse, inlace, inlays, inlets, insect, insole, insoul, instal, insult, lacune, lances, lancet, lanose, latens, latino, launce, layout, lectin, lenity, lentic, lentos, lesion, leucin, lianes, linacs, linsey, listen, litany, locate, locust, louies, lucent, luetic, lunacy, lunate, lunets, lunies, lutein, lysate, lysine, nastic, neatly, nicely, nicest, nicety, nicols, noetic, nosily, notice, nuclei, oceans, octane, octans, octyls, oilcan, oleins, oscine, oscula, oscule, osteal, ounces, outlay, outlie, outsin, saline, saltie, salute, sanely, sanity, santol, satiny, scanty, scotia, secant, silane, silent, slanty, slatey, sluice, sluicy, snouty, social, solace, solate, solute, stance, stelai, stelic, stolen, stoney, sultan, sunlit, talion, talons, telson, tenail, tenias, tenuis, ticals, tincal, tineal, tineas, tinsel, tisane, tocsin, toiles, tolane, tolans, toluic, tonics, tonsil, toucan, tousle, tunica, tunics. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-o-s-t-u-y" | |
+3 letters: pertinaciously. | |
+4 letters: consequentially. | |
+5 letters: commensurability, consequentiality, intracutaneously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 65 6E 61 63 69 6F 75 73 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- . -. .- -.-. .. --- ..- ... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100101 01101110 01100001 01100011 01101001 01101111 01110101 01110011 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T e n a c i o u s l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0065 006E 0061 0063 0069 006F 0075 0073 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5471806769758187857891 |
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