pertinacious
adjective
holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
pertinaciously
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a word derived from
pertinacious.
Example Sentences
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“Miss Eyre, I repeat it, you can leave me. How often am I to say the same thing? Why do you remain pertinaciously perched on my knee, when I have given you notice to quit?”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
But she held out her hand pertinaciously, appealing to every passer-by of importance, and throwing audible curses after those that ignored her.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill
On the contrary, the book is sharply and pertinaciously aggressive.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy
He repeated the fact to himself pertinaciously, but without any great feeling either of conviction or resentment.
From A Safety Match by Ian Hay
It is said that yellow-legged fowls are yellow also in the skin, and that white skin and white legs accompany each other; but how pertinaciously the yellow leg of the Cochin is adhered to!
