obstinatelyadv.

Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 5 Prelatis..that lyuen euele..techen errour in dede agens Cristene feith, and if thei don thus obstinatli; or mayntenen this errour stidefastli, thei ben eretikis.

c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 304 (MED) Heretikes..falsely trowen and obstynately seien that it is brede in his kynde as it was byfore the consecracioun.

?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 376 If þu wilt not bileue effectualy cristis wordis..þan þu wilfully & obstynatly forsakist crist vttirly.

a1500 St. Jerome (Lamb.) in Anglia (1880) 3 358 He did obstinatly in his evill.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. i. f. 91^v Cruell and seuere to such as obstinatly withstande them.

1581 N. Burne Disput. Headdis of Relig. f. 134 Antichrist vil..persuade his disciples that obstinatlie thay thoil the dead for mentenance of his erroris.

1635 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge (new ed.) iv. xvi. 322 The Corigadors of Coimbra for the preservation of the priviledges of their Court and Towne, doe obstinately expose and vehemently contest it.

1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies vii. 113 The obstinately adhering Odour.

1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 143 Obstinately chronical Maladies.

1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman xiii. 445 That sluggish reason, which supinely takes opinions on trust, and obstinately supports them to spare itself the labour of thinking.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 207 In a few hours it was known that Londonderry held out as obstinately as ever.

1875 B. Meadows Clin. Observ. 35 Bowels..often obstinately confined.

1918 V. Woolf Diary 3 Sept. (1977) I. 189 She is in her quiet dreamy way obstinately conscientious, & something of a martinet towards herself.

1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xi. 320 I still believe, Spenta obstinately wails.