stubbornly

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English

Etymology

stubborn +‎ -ly

Adverb

stubbornly (comparative more stubbornly, superlative most stubbornly)

  1. In a stubborn manner.
    He stubbornly refused to quit trying, even after failing 20 times.
    • 2013 January 22, Phil McNulty, “Aston Villa 2-1 Bradford (3-4)”, in BBC[1]:
      Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962.

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