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Definition
stubbornly unyielding
- And somewhat relieved by this idea (which I failed not to execute that day), I ventured once more to meet my master's and lover's eye, which most pertinaciously sought mine, though I averted both face and gaze.Chapter 24 (70% in)
- Why do you remain pertinaciously perched on my knee, when I have given you notice to quit?Chapter 37 (71% in)
There are no more uses of "pertinacious" in Jane Eyre.
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