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Obdurately

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Adverb

1. cussedly, mulishly, obdurately, obstinately, pig-headedly, stubbornly

in a stubborn unregenerate manner

Example Sentences:
'she remained stubbornly in the same position'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Obdurately

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adjective
1. 
not easily moved by feelings or supplication; hardhearted
2. 
impervious to persuasion, esp to moral persuasion

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Obdurately

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adjective
1. 
not easily moved to pity or sympathy; hardhearted
2. 
hardened and unrepenting; impenitent
3. 
not giving in readily; stubborn; obstinate; inflexible

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Obdurately

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adj.
1. Not changing in response to argument or other influence; obstinate or intractable: "Everyone in the region has been obdurate in water negotiations with everyone else" (Marq de Villiers).
2.
a. Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent: "obdurate conscience of the old sinner" (Sir Walter Scott).
b. Hardened against feeling; hardhearted: an obdurate miser.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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