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obdurately en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English obdurate Middle English -ly English -ly English obdurately From obdurate + -ly.

Meanings

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:

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