stubbornlyadv.
/ˈstʌbənli/ In a stubborn manner.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb]
stoutly1303
a-strut1330
sturdilyc1374
obstinately1395
throa1400
pertinacelyc1425
stubbornlyc1430
pertinatelyc1475
stiffneckedlya1555
peremptorilya1575
pertinaciouslya1614
tenaciouslya1667
mulishly1795
stupidly1866
dourly1871
bloody-mindedly1962
c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 2751 Malachias..threw Generides to the ground Ful herd and right stoberlie.
1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 149/2 Boldly and stubburnly defendyng, that sythe they had connyng to preache they were by God bounden to preach.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. i. 94 When stubbornly he did repugne the truth. View more context for this quotation
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xlii. 318 Hæretiques are none but private men, that stubbornly defend some Doctrine, prohibited by their lawfull Soveraigns.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia V. ix. x. 187 He retains stubbornly the prejudices which once have taken possession of him.
1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma x. 311 The masses can no longer be relied on..stubbornly to make clever men's extravagances and aberrations..of no avail.
1893 R. S. Ball Story of Sun 290 It [carbon] will stubbornly remain solid even though exalted to an enormously high temperature.
1897 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xv. 377 A small but determined party of the enemy..stubbornly opposed their advance.
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