单词 | obdurately |
释义 | obduratelyadv. In an obdurate manner; hard-heartedly, unyieldingly; †with stubborn impenitence (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > obdurately indurately1553 obdurately1704 obdurely1848 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adverb] > with insensibility to moral influence obdurately1704 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > impenitence > [adverb] unrepentantly1440 irrepentantlya1631 impenitently1631 unrepentinglya1651 obdurately1704 unremorsefully1827 1704 Boston News-let. 26 June 2/1 Yet as they led a wicked and vitious life, so to appearance they dyed very obdurately and impenitently, hardened in their Sin. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo i, in Wks. (1721) III. 33 Israel, grown obdurately profane. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xv. 134 Still Mr. Lillyvick, regardless of the siren, cried obdurately [etc.]. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. x. 254 Shut your doors obdurately against [them]. 1909 N. S. Shale Autobiogr. xii. 176 He was never cruel in his work, merely obdurately effective. 1939 P. Hughes Pop. Hist. Church ii. 36 The Antiochenes, remaining obdurately aloof, were excommunicated too. 1990 A. S. Byatt Possession xii. 226 It would break her heart and set her obdurately against me for ever. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1704 |
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