tooth and nail as a adverb: - 1
tooth and nail
adverb
1 tooth and nail
With force and ferocity.
Roget 173:
violently
etc.
adj.;
amain†;
by storm,
by force,
by main force;
with might and main;
tooth and nail,
vi et armis [Lat.],
at the point of the sword,
at the point of the bayonet;
at one fell swoop;
with a high hand,
through thick and thin;
in desperation,
with a vengeance;
a outrance†,
a toute outrance [Fr.];
headlong,
head foremost.
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Roget 686:
laboriously
etc.
adj.;
lustily;
pugnis et calcibus [Lat.];
with might and main,
with all one's might,
with a strong hand,
with a sledge hammer,
with much ado;
to the best of one's abilities,
totis viribus [Lat.],
vi et armis [Lat.],
manibus pedibusque [Lat.],
tooth and nail,
unguibus et rostro [Lat.],
hammer and tongs,
heart and soul;
through thick and thin
etc.
(perseverance)
604.1.
by the sweat of one's brow,
suo Marte.
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Moby thesaurus: arduously, atrociously, barbarously, bec et ongles, bestially, brutally, brutishly, committedly, decidedly, decisively, determinedly, devotedly, earnestly, effortfully, ferociously, fiercely, firmly, fixedly, hammer and tongs, hard, heart and soul, in all seriousness, in earnest, in good earnest, industriously, inflexibly, inhumanly, laboriously, like a bulldog, like a leech, manfully, mercilessly, obstinately, operosely, perseveringly, persistently, pitilessly, purposefully, relentlessly, resolutely, resolvedly, ruthlessly, savagely, seriously, sincerely, singlemindedly, staunchly, steadfastly, steadily, strenuously, tenaciously, the hard way, toilsomely, unswervingly, unyieldingly, viciously, wholeheartedly, with a will, with constancy, with effort, with total dedication ... show more.
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