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tenacious

adj

/təˈneɪʃəs/

Etymology

From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”), + -ious.

derived from tenāx — “holding fast, clinging”

Definitions

Clinging to an object or surface
Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
Unwilling to yield or give up
Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
3
Holding together
Holding together; cohesive.
- The quagmiry road, trodden into tenacious paste by the long file of human beings ahead […]
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1. Having a good memory
  Having a good memory; retentive.

The neighborhood

synonymsticky
synonymadhesive
synonymsteadfast
synonymobstinate
synonymcohesive
synonymmemorious
neighbortenaciously
neighbortenaciousness
neighbortenacity

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA