Meanings
comparative more obdurately · superlative most obdurately
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a stubborn unregenerate manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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