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obdurately
adverb
uk /ˈɒb.djə.rət.li/ us /ˈɑːb.dʊr.ət.li/
disapproving
in a way that shows that someone is extremely determined to act in particular way and not to change despite what anyone else says:
The obdurately intransigent attitudes of the two leaders made it hard to see how an agreement could ever be reached.
The President was obdurately resistant to any suggestion of tax cuts.
She just folded her arms and glared back at me, obdurately.
in a way that is difficult to deal with or change:
The price of gas remained obdurately above the $3 mark.
I can't understand why he has so obdurately rejected a perfectly reasonable suggestion.
Despite all the encouragement by his parents, he remained obdurately single.
The marks left by the wine splashes remained obdurately visible on the white wall.
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