Definition of "pertinaciously"
pertinaciously
adverb
comparative more pertinaciously, superlative most pertinaciously
In a stubbornly resolute manner; tenaciously holding one's course of action or opinion.
Quotations
I work with might and main against his Immigration Bill—as pertinaciously and as vindictively, indeed, as he works against our University.
1873, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Charles Dudley Warner, chapter XLII, in The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-day, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, published 1874
If the great comedian [Charlie Chaplin] wishes to stay here in the country whose citizenship he has so pertinaciously retained, he will be less harassed and very welcome.
1952 September 29, “Names Make News: Charlie Chaplin”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., archived from the original on 2010-11-25