tenaciousness

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• tenaciousness — index adherence (adhesion), adherence (devotion), adhesion (loyalty), diligence (perseverance) …   Law dictionary

• Tenaciousness — Tenacious Te*na cious, a. [L. tenax, acis, from tenere to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Tenace}.] 1. Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights. [1913 Webster] 2. Apt… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tenaciousness — noun see tenacious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tenaciousness — See tenaciously. * * * …   Universalium

• tenaciousness — noun The characteristic of being tenacious …   Wiktionary

• tenaciousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding: bullheadedness, doggedness, hard headedness, mulishness, obstinacy, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenacity,… …   English dictionary for students

• tenaciousness — te na·cious·ness || tɪ neɪʃəsnɪs n. stubbornness, persistence; stickiness; cohesiveness …   English contemporary dictionary

• tenaciousness — n. Retentiveness, firmness, adhesiveness …   New dictionary of synonyms

• tenaciousness — te·na·cious·ness …   English syllables

• tenaciousness — noun persistent determination • Syn: ↑doggedness, ↑perseverance, ↑persistence, ↑persistency, ↑tenacity, ↑pertinacity • Derivationally related forms: ↑pertinacious …   Useful english dictionary

• adherence — I (adhesion) noun attachment, bond, cementation, coherence, cohesion, cohesiveness, concretion, conglutination, connectedness, firmness, fixedness, holding together, sticking together, tenaciousness, tenacity, tie II (devotion) noun allegiance,… …   Law dictionary