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Definition of Mulishly

1. Adverb. In a stubborn unregenerate manner. "She remained stubbornly in the same position"

Definition of Mulishly

1. Adverb. In a mulish manner. ¹

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Definition of Mulishly

1. mulish [adv] - See also: mulish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mulishly

Literary usage of Mulishly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"thinks Voltaire ; but mulishly persisted in by the man. Endle^ ' correspondence, to right and left, ensues ; intolerably wearisome :•:> 1 every reader. ..."

2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"A treasonous step on this mule of a Bookseller's part, thinks Voltaire ; ' but mulishly persisted in by the man. Endless correspondence, to ' right and left ..."

3. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"A treasonous step on this mule of a Bookseller's part, thinks Voltaire; but mulishly persisted in by the man. Endless correspondence, to right and left, ..."

4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"I am going back," said Will, mulishly. " You need not talk in that way. Not that I think it will be worth our while taking much trouble about the poor ..."

5. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1859)
"thinks Voltaire ; but mulishly persisted in by the man. Endle^ ' correspondence, to right and left, ensues ; intolerably wearisome :•:> 1 every reader. ..."

6. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1873)
"A treasonous step on this mule of a Bookseller's part, thinks Voltaire ; ' but mulishly persisted in by the man. Endless correspondence, to ' right and left ..."

7. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"A treasonous step on this mule of a Bookseller's part, thinks Voltaire; but mulishly persisted in by the man. Endless correspondence, to right and left, ..."

8. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"I am going back," said Will, mulishly. " You need not talk in that way. Not that I think it will be worth our while taking much trouble about the poor ..."

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