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tenacious
tenacious (te-nâ´shes) adjective
1. Holding or tending to hold persistently to something, such as a point of
view. See synonyms at STRONG.
2. Holding together firmly; cohesive: a tenacious material.
3. Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive: tenacious lint on my jacket.
4. Tending to retain; retentive: a tenacious memory.
[From Latin tenâx, tenâc-, holding fast, from tenêre, to hold.]
- tena´ciously adverb
- tena´ciousness noun
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Pete_UK said:
Isn't that tenacity? <bg>
Pete