Found 2 items, similar to obdurately.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: obdurately
obdurately
adv : in a stubborn unregenerate manner;
“she remained stubbornly
in the same position” [syn:
stubbornly,
pig-headedly,
mulishly,
obstinately,
cussedly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Obdurately
Obdurate
\Ob"du*rate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to
harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See
Dure.]
1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying
influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
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The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate
against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
--Hooker.
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Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel,
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
--Shak.
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2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.
“Obdurate
consonants.” --Swift.
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Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially
by the older poets.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
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Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn;
obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible;
unsusceptible.
Usage:
Obdurate,
Callous,
Hardened. Callous denotes a
deadening of the sensibilities; as, a callous
conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled
disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and
sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an
active resistance of the heart and will aganst the
pleadings of compassion and humanity.
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Ob"du*rate*ly, adv. --
Ob"du*rate*ness, n.
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