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obdurately

obdurately adverb: in an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.

Adverb

obdurately (comparative more obdurately, superlative most obdurately)

  1. In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
    • The sparse grey locks he combed were fewer and greyer: and though the accustomed mouth circle was as obdurately set as of old, his head waggled purposelessly: and his hands fumbled stiffly as he folded and replaced his pocket comb.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 216

Forms of obdurately

comparativemore obdurately
superlativemost obdurately

Origin of obdurately

From obdurate + -ly.

Questions about obdurately

What does obdurately mean?
Obdurately means in an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
What part of speech is obdurately?
Obdurately is an adverb.

Words near obdurately in the dictionary

  1. obdurance
  2. obdurant
  3. obdurantly
  4. obdurate
  5. obdurated
  6. obdurately
  7. obdurateness
  8. obdurates
  9. obdurating
  10. obduration
  11. obdurations

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