Both Uses of
tenacious
in
The Scarlet Letter
- The new inhabitant—who came himself from a foreign land, or whose father or grandfather came—has little claim to be called a Salemite; he has no conception of the oyster-like tenacity with which an old settler, over whom his third century is creeping, clings to the spot where his successive generations have been embedded.†
Chpt Intr.
- Taking a handful of these, she arranged them along the lines of the scarlet letter that decorated the maternal bosom, to which the burrs, as their nature was, tenaciously adhered.†
Chpt 10 *
Definition:
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(tenacious) persistent and unyielding