Tenacity is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for TENACITY in dictionary:

NOUN:
• persistence
• the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip
• the quality or fact of being very determined; determination
• the quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence
• The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
• That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
• That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.
• The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.
• persistent determination
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• perseverance or persistence

Words related to TENACITY

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How to use TENACITY in a sentence

• If the thread, from the greater tenacity, and, consequently, greater strength of the syrup, admits of a greater extension of the finger and thumb, it is called the great thread.
• On many subjects he had views of his own, which, in some cases, were clear and sound enough, and to which, even when they were not so, he adhered with considerable tenacity.
• It never failed to say how well the Allies were getting on, how much ammunition they had, how many men, what indomitable tenacity and cheerful spirits enlivened the trenches.
• From his father he inherited his keenness of intellect, his habits of laborious industry, and his iron tenacity of purpose.
• She had enjoyed life as the men of her day enjoyed it, and now that they were gone she clung to it with a fierce tenacity.
• A second horrible crisis came, and for the second time her tenacity and my love beat back the death-stroke.
• We must marvel at the grim tenacity with which it has held to its goal through the long red years.
• He appears to have possessed great ambition, considerable military ability, and a rare tenacity of purpose, which gained him his chief successes.
• No social idea has inspired its advocates with more bravery, tenacity, and courage than Birth Control.
• Throughout the battle of the Aisne they have displayed the same skill, endurance, and tenacity, and I deeply appreciate the work they have done.
• Thus, what seem like destructive agencies themselves, are turned in the end by mere tenacity of life into a secondary means of propagation.
• The wound would have brought instant death to most men, but his vital tenacity was remarkable.
• All the women and children were long since dead, except Donna Isabel Barreto, who clung to life with the tenacity born of a desire for revenge.
• Unlike those of so many of the famous women of France, her friendships were as remarkable for their rational soundness, purity, and tenacity, as for their fervor.
• They are showing great tenacity, and suffering for the sake of the cause of their country many hardships.
• Yet with all its sweetness, those firmly closed lips suggest tenacity of opinion and strength of will.
• The hope of gold and silver from America was yet clinging with tenacity to the English mind.
• Bending and straining against the overpowering numbers, he held every inch with surprising tenacity, and only surrendered it after almost superhuman exertions to retain it.
• At this very moment, indeed, when Washington was calling for troops, he was struggling with the utmost tenacity to hold control of the Delaware.
• It was merely a question of grim tenacity of purpose and of the ability to comprehend its overwhelming importance.
• An incident, similar to the one which provoked the observation of the brothers, may explain those placid depths, the deep tenacity and latent power of the herd.
• Their astonishing activity and strength, and wonderful tenacity of life, render them antagonists not to be despised.
• But beneath his restraint and calm it was possible to detect a resolution, a will, set now with unalterable tenacity, which made such turns of speech as Mr.
• From the first he clung to me with strange tenacity, for our tastes were congenial.
• Hannibal had to retreat, and Capua fell, the effect of the tenacity with which ancient generals held on to their prey.

Similar words containing TENAC without suffix ity

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