What does stubbornly mean?
Stubbornly means In a stubborn manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a stubborn manner..
He stubbornly refused to quit trying, even after failing 20 times.
It is the outpost which the devil and the flesh most stubbornly maintain against the assaults of grace; and until it be subdued, and its barriers levelled with the very earth, there is more hope of a fool than of the sinner.
The novel he lends his name to is an account of that life, taking more or less the form of a memoir set down in the years immediately after World War II by an old man mentally preparing for death, not quite at home in the twentieth century (and a little proud of it, stubbornly clinging to his eartrumpet), whose significant memories reach back to the early 1890s and beyond.
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.
Use stubbornly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stubbornly means In a stubborn manner..
Common synonyms include obstinately, obdurately, mulishly, pig-headedly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He stubbornly refused to quit trying, even after failing 20 times.
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