refractorilyadv.
/rᵻˈfrakt(ə)rᵻli/, U.S. /rəˈfrækˌtɔrəli/, /riˈfrækˌtɔrəli/ In a refractory manner; obstinately, stubbornly.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > disobediently stubborn
stoutly1568
incorrigibly1610
refractarily1618
contumaciously1626
refractorilyc1646
pervicaciously1650
unmanageably1701
unguidably1837
c1646 True Relat. in S. Glover Hist. County of Derby (1829) I. App. 62 She still refractorily and willfully said, that shee would not give them one penny.
1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne viii. 273 If any person..behaved himself refractorily to the decrees of the Council.
1736 D. Neal Hist. Puritans III. 464 He behaved very refractorily towards the Visitors.
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 1168 One keeper of a..stall..refractorily persisted.
1844 Times 29 May 6/1 An industrious-looking farm-servant, named Joseph Stocks, was brought before the borough magistrates..charged with having behaved refractorily.
1935 G. J. Nathan Passing Judgments vi. 80 In even the best of his realistic writing a kind of pretty-pretty quality refractorily permeated the scene.
1994 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 2 Oct. 29 In Australia the established makers of kitchen and laundry detergents are refractorily out of date.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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