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obstinately

/ˈɒbstɪnətli/US/ˈɑbstɪnətli/

obstinately adverb: in an obstinate manner.

Adverb

obstinately (comparative more obstinately, superlative most obstinately)

  1. In an obstinate manner.
    • He obstinately made his motion at every meeting, even though no one else ever supported it and everyone else was bored with it.
    • 'She'll do no such thing,' said the old man obstinately.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 53

obstinately meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

obstinately in Urdu

ہٹ دھرمی سے, ضد سے

obstinately in Bengali

একগুঁয়ে ভাবে

obstinately in Malayalam

നിർബ്ബന്ധബുദ്ധിയോടെ, ദുരാഗ്രഹത്തോടെ

Forms of obstinately

comparativemore obstinately
superlativemost obstinately

Origin of obstinately

From obstinate + -ly.

Questions about obstinately

What does obstinately mean?
Obstinately means in an obstinate manner.
What is obstinately in Urdu?
Obstinately in Urdu is ہٹ دھرمی سے, ضد سے. See Obstinately meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is obstinately?
Obstinately is an adverb.
How do you pronounce obstinately?
Obstinately is pronounced /ˈɑbstɪnətli/ (US).

Words near obstinately in the dictionary

  1. obstinances
  2. obstinancies
  3. obstinancy
  4. obstinant
  5. obstinate
  6. obstinately
  7. obstinateness
  8. obstinatenesses
  9. obstination
  10. obstinative
  11. obstinence

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obstinately (page history and authors); obstinately (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obstinately (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obstinately (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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