inflexibly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English inflexible

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English inflexibly

From inflexible + -ly.

Adverb

inflexibly (comparative more inflexibly, superlative most inflexibly)

1. With a firmness that resists all importunity or persuasion; in an inflexible, unyielding or immovable manner; relentlessly.

Antonyms

• flexibly

Translations

in an inflexible manner

• Catalan: inflexiblement
• Esperanto: neflekseble
• French: inflexiblement (fr)
• Galician: inflexiblemente (gl), inflexibelmente (gl)
• Italian: inflessibilmente (it)
• Portuguese: inflexivelmente
• Spanish: inflexiblemente (es)

References

• Noah Webster (1828), “inflexibly”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume I (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.