Definitions for adamantly

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ad•a•mantˈæd ə mənt, -ˌmænt(adj.)

  1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion; inflexible.

  2. hard; adamantine.

  3. (n.)any unyieldingly hard substance.

  4. a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.

    Category: Jewelry

Origin of adamant:

1350–1400; < OF adamaunt < L adamant-, adamas hard metal, diamond < Gk

ad′a•mant•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. adamantly(adverb)

    inflexibly; unshakably

    "adamantly opposed to the marriage"

Wiktionary

  1. adamantly(Adverb)

    In an immovable or inflexible manner.

    She is adamantly denying any such statement.


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