tenaciously

1. 1.

   with obstinate determination

   “he pursued her doggedly”

   Synonymsdoggedly

Questions about tenaciously

What does tenaciously mean?

tenaciously means "with obstinate determination".

How many syllables are in tenaciously?

tenaciously has 4 syllables: te-na-ciou-sly. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /təˈneɪʃəsli/.

What is another word for tenaciously?

Close synonyms include doggedly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tenaciously a common word?

tenaciously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.