obstinately

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English obstinate

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 obstinately

From obstinate + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ŏbʹstĭnətlē, IPA^(key): /ˈɑbstɪnətli/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒbstɪnətli/

Adverb

obstinately (comparative more obstinately, superlative most obstinately)

1. In an obstinate manner.

   He obstinately made his motion at every meeting, even though no one else ever supported it and everyone else was bored with it.

   • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 53:

     'She'll do no such thing,' said the old man obstinately.

Translations

in an obstinate manner

• Catalan: obstinadament (ca)
• Esperanto: obstine
• French: obstinément (fr)
• Galician: obstinadamente
• Hungarian: csökönyösen (hu)
• Italian: ostinatamente (it)
• Portuguese: obstinadamente (pt)
• Russian: упря́мо (ru) (uprjámo), упо́рно (ru) (upórno), насто́йчиво (ru) (nastójčivo)
• Spanish: obstinadamente (es)
• Ukrainian: упе́рто (upérto), впе́рто (vpérto)