pertinacious Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˌpɜː.tɪˈneɪ.ʃəs]
  • Us [ ˌpɝː.tənˈeɪ.ʃəs]

Meaning of pertinacious In English

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Examples of pertinacious

  • The fly is spoken of as having been very pertinacious and aggressive, attacking men, and the donkeys which hunters occasionally brought into the areas, most savagely.

  • What is undoubted is that they are pertinacious if not loquacious.

  • But this student was very pertinacious, and he put back the line where it had been before.

  • I am sorry to be so pertinacious about that.

  • I have a later letter which was written because the trade union secretary was pertinacious and received another reply, which is a classic.

  • We all know from his military record that he is a very pertinacious gentleman.

  • This is an example of what can be achieved by a pertinacious back-bencher.

  • He has been extremely pertinacious about this matter.

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