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Another word for obstinately

obstinately Synonyms

obstinately

modif.

doggedly, stubbornly, tenaciously, pertinaciously, mulishly, stiff-neckedly, pigheadedly, bullheadedly, like a bull, persistently, unwaveringly, determinedly, unyieldingly, fixedly, resolutely, unreasonably, unreasoningly, perversely, stolidly, resistantly, intractably, inflexibly, headstrongly, willfully, recalcitrantly, obdurately, steadfastly, staunchly, unflinchingly, resolvedly, opinionatedly, immovably, unimpressibly, unconquerably, contumaciously, indomitably, unrelentingly, unamenably, stubbornly as a mule, like a jackass; see also firmly 2.

Antonyms obediently*, docilely, graciously.

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630, it was destroyed by the Frisians, who remained obstinately heathen.
The city held out obstinately against the pretensions of the stadtholders, and in 1650 opened the dykes in order to prevent William II.
In spite of all this, after fighting obstinately both by land and by water, the Danes had to raise the siege of London and take the ships to the river Orwell.
Again, popularly, an unproved ex cathedra statement of any kind is called " dogmatic," with perhaps an insinuation that it is being obstinately adhered to without, or beyond, or in defiance of, obtainable evidence.
He desired peace with Russia first of all, and at the congress of Aland even obtained relatively favourable terms, only to have them rejected by his obstinately optimistic master.

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