All 4 Uses of
tenacious
in
Jane Eyre
- Thus relieved of a grievous load, I from that hour set to work afresh, resolved to pioneer my way through every difficulty: I toiled hard, and my success was proportionate to my efforts; my memory, not naturally tenacious, improved with practice; exercise sharpened my wits; in a few weeks I was promoted to a higher class; in less than two months I was allowed to commence French and drawing.†
p. 88.5tenacious = determined and persistent
- you must be tenacious of life.†
p. 143.7 *
- Don't cling so tenaciously to ties of the flesh; save your constancy and ardour for an adequate cause; forbear to waste them on trite transient objects.†
p. 451.7tenaciously = with unyielding persistence
- While earnestly wishing to erase from his mind the trace of my former offence, I had stamped on that tenacious surface another and far deeper impression, I had burnt it in.†
p. 475.9tenacious = determined and persistent
Definition:
persistent and unyielding