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单词 adamantly
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ad•a•mant /ˈædəmənt, -ˌmænt/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. unyielding;
    inflexible:an adamant refusal.[be + ~ (+ that clause)]He was adamant that he was in the right.
ad•a•mant•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ad•a•mant  (adə mənt, -mant′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
  2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.

n. 
  1. any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
  2. Jewelrya legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
  • Latin
  • Vulgar Latin *adimant-
  • Middle French aimant
  • Medieval Latin) and Middle English aymont
  • Greek, equivalent. to a- a-6 + -damant- verbal adjective, adjectival of damân to tame, conquer; replacing Old English athamans (
  • Latin adamant- (stem of adamas) hard metal (perh. steel), diamond
  • Old French adamaunt
  • bef. 900; Middle English
ad•a•man•cy  (adə mən sē),USA pronunciation ad′a•mance, n.  ada•mant•ly, adv. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flexible, easygoing, yielding.

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