Definition of Stubbornly

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


Definition of Stubbornly

1. Adverb. In a stubborn manner. ¹

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Definition of Stubbornly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stubbornly

stubbily
stubbiness
stubbing
stubble
stubble rash
stubbled
stubbleless
stubbles
stubblier
stubbliest
stubbly
stubborn
stubborn as a mule
stubborner
stubbornest
stubbornly (current term)
stubbornness
stubbornnesses
stubborns
stubby
stubless
stublike
stubs
stubtail
stucco
stuccoed
stuccoer
stuccoers
stuccoes
stuccoing

Literary usage of Stubbornly

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... if, by clinging stubbornly to preconceived notions, you prevent a renewal of concord, will be ascribed to you as the authors of them. ..."

2. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"General Burnside was ordered to take, and which was so stubbornly held by the rebels, i« situated in a deep ravine. The fane of the hill ш the opposite side ..."

3. A Journal of the Great War by Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865- (1921)
"The chief of the independent department even for the satisfaction of an overwhelming military necessity will as a rule yield only stubbornly his stocks in ..."

4. Letters of Celia Thaxter by Celia Thaxter (1895)
"... have taken up their position just below my elbows, whence they stubbornly refuse to stir. Do give my very best budget of regards and remembrances and ..."

5. The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the by Robert Forby (1830)
"The process is called, "burning of quicks." Couch, quick, twitch, are other common names of these rapidly rooting and stubbornly vivacious grasses. ..."

6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"ful act Is an obstinate, stubborn, perverse act; and an act done willfully is one done stubbornly, by design, with set purpose. Now, the mere passiveness ..."

7. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1902)
"by Lord Erskine was still stubbornly rejected by many of the craft. In 1629 Erskine had proved to the satisfaction of the Council that his method was in ..."

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