unpliably

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adverb

In an unpliable manner.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adverbunpliably (comparative more unpliably, superlative most unpliably)

comparative more unpliably · superlative most unpliably

  1. In an unpliable manner.

    They disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.

    1902, Edwin Hurry Fenwick, Obscure Diseases of the Urethra, page 30
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    The nature of the man, unpliably antagonistic to the world and the world's customs, might justify some such interpretation of his conduct as this.

    1862, [William] Wilkie Collins, chapter XI, in No Name. […], volume I, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., […], →OCLC, 1st scene (Combe-Raven, Somesetshire), page 151

Origin

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Chicago

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