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Princeton's WordNet
stubbornly, pig-headedly, obdurately, mulishly, obstinately, cussedlyadverb
in a stubborn unregenerate manner
"she remained stubbornly in the same position"
Wiktionary
stubbornlyadverb
In a stubborn manner.
He stubbornly refused to quit trying, even after failing 20 times.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Stubbornlyadverb
Obstinately; contumaciously; inflexibly.
Etymology: from stubborn.
Stubbornly he did repugn the truth,
About a certain question in the law. William Shakespeare, H. VI.He wilfully neglects his book, and stubbornly refuses any thing he can do. John Locke.
So close they cling, so stubbornly retire,
Their love’s more violent than the chymist’s fire. Samuel Garth.
ChatGPT
stubbornly
Stubbornly is an adverb that describes the action of persisting in or remaining constant to a purpose, idea, task, belief, or opinion in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion. It involves obstinacy and refusal to change one's mind or course of action.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stubbornly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stubbornly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of stubbornly in a Sentence
Core inflation remains stubbornly elevated, putting pressure on Federal Reserve to maintain an aggressive stance on monetary tightening, markets are keeping a close eye on the central bank's meeting next week, expecting another 75-basis-point increase in the policy rate, if not a 100-basis-point jump.
Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani:
My region provides ample evidence of this: the grievances of the Palestinians since the Nakba, seventy years ago, remain stubbornly in place; conflict without resolution in Syria, Libya, and now Yemen. The suffering of people in my region may appear distant to an audience in Munich, but the waves of refugees make these injustices a European concern. And the darkness of terrorism now casts a shadow on the entire world.”
Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
If a theory and its proponents stubbornly refuse falsification by an ever increasing body of substantial conflicting evidence, the theory degenerates into a textbook example of dogmatic pseudo-science. The neo-Darwinian theory of macroevolution has failed on all fronts, from mathematical feasibility, to theoretical plausibility and explanatory power, to empirical support.
In our firm's professional opinion, the stubbornly low valuation that the market accords to the shares of Barclays will continue until the board finally adopts a strategy that is more realistic and shareholder orientated.
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