† refractarilyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
= refractorily adv.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > disobediently stubborn
stoutly1568
incorrigibly1610
refractarily1618
contumaciously1626
refractorilyc1646
pervicaciously1650
unmanageably1701
unguidably1837
1618 Bp. T. Morton Def. Innocencie Three Ceremonies xi. 43 You cannot instance in any one Minister that hath beene so grieuously punished for the bare omission of a Rite, without his persisting opinionatiuely, refractarily, & that publickly, in flat contradiction against the Church.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 62 I cannot but totally acquit King Charles of blame in proscribing such as refractarily offended.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adv.1618- elephant's breath
- elephant's ear
- elephant's foot
- elephant's teeth
- elephant's-trunk-plant
- elephant's-tusks
- elephant's-vine
- elephant'strunkplant
- elephant'stusks
- elephant'svine
- elephant-apple
- elephant-bed
- elephant-beetle
- elephant-colour
- elephant-creeper
- elephant-fish
- elephant-gravel
- elephant-grey
- elephant-headed
- elephant-horn
- elephant-keeper
- elephant-killer
- elephant-leg
- elephant-like
- elephant-paper