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recalcitrantly

recalcitrantly adverb: in a recalcitrant manner.

Adverb

recalcitrantly (comparative more recalcitrantly, superlative most recalcitrantly)

  1. In a recalcitrant manner.

Forms of recalcitrantly

comparativemore recalcitrantly
superlativemost recalcitrantly

Origin of recalcitrantly

From recalcitrant + -ly.

Questions about recalcitrantly

What does recalcitrantly mean?
Recalcitrantly means in a recalcitrant manner.
What part of speech is recalcitrantly?
Recalcitrantly is an adverb.

Words near recalcitrantly in the dictionary

  1. recalcitrance
  2. recalcitrances
  3. recalcitrancies
  4. recalcitrancy
  5. recalcitrant
  6. recalcitrantly
  7. recalcitrants
  8. recalcitrate
  9. recalcitrated
  10. recalcitrates
  11. recalcitrating

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