inflexiblyadv.
/ɪnˈflɛksɪbli/ In an inflexible manner; rigidly, firmly, obstinately; unalterably.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > inflexibly
unmovablyc1425
inflexiblya1535
inexorably1610
rigidly1610
unpersuadably1619
unrelentingly1637
impersuasibly1659
full-mouthedly1681
unpliantly1755
uncompromisingly1834
indomitably1837
imperviously1840
unyieldingly1884
tough1943
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xvi. sig. K.iiiv Inflexibly set vpon the purpose to destroye hymselfe.
1647 Bp. J. Hall Christ Mysticall (R.) We know him indeed to be infinitely and inflexibly just.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvi. 521 The payment of this tribute was inflexibly refused.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiv. 310 As far as we could see, it [the ice] remained inflexibly solid.
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adv.a1535- decreolize
- decreolizing
- decrepidity
- decrepit
- decrepitage
- decrepitancy
- decrepitate
- decrepitated
- decrepitates
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- decrepitation
- decrepitations
- decrepitly
- decrepitness
- decrepitude
- decrepitudes
- decrepity
- decrescence
- decrescences
- decrescendi
- decrescendo
- decrescendoed
- decrescendoing
- decrescendos
- decrescent