单词 | mulishly |
释义 | mulishlyadv. In the manner of a mule; obstinately, stubbornly. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] stoutly1303 a-strut1330 sturdilyc1374 obstinately1395 throa1400 pertinacelyc1425 stubbornlyc1430 pertinatelyc1475 stiffneckedlya1555 peremptorilya1575 pertinaciouslya1614 tenaciouslya1667 mulishly1795 stupidly1866 dourly1871 bloody-mindedly1962 1795 W. Gifford Mæviad 18 Who, prithee, so absurd, So mulishly absurd, as not to join In this with me; save always thee, and thine! 1889 R. S. S. Baden-Powell Pigsticking 82 A mulishly obstinate horse. 1931 A. P. Herbert Bk. of Ballads 73 And Frenchmen mulishly remain As foreign as before, Sir. 1984 K. Waterhouse Thinks ix. 74 He announces himself to the wooden-faced uniformed figure who so mulishly refuses to catch his eye. 2000 Newsweek (Electronic ed.) 10 July 64 Breslin is mulishly funny, his abrasiveness matching up nicely with the boorishness his older self has cultivated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1795 |
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