Synonyms of obstinately

obstinately

adverb

as in stubbornly

Related Words

• stubbornly
• willfully
• indefatigably
• ardently
• steadfastly
• tirelessly
• conscientiously
• earnestly
• seriously
• attentively
• untiringly
• thoroughly
• unflaggingly
• painstakingly
• unremittingly
• vehemently
• continuously
• steadily
• vigorously
• exhaustively
• actively
• unrelentingly
• meticulously
• resolutely
• doggedly
• energetically
• determinedly
• wearilessly
• busily
• zealously
• briskly
• spiritedly
• dynamically
• feverishly
• sedulously
• strenuously
• ploddingly
• intently
• animatedly
• unabatedly
• diligently
• arduously
• assiduously
• slavishly
• intensely
• purposefully
• intensively
• industriously
• laboriously
• mightily
• amain
• hard
• hardly

Dissimilar Words

• wearily
• casually
• lazily
• languidly
• indolently
• listlessly
• halfheartedly
• sluggishly
• tiredly
• desultorily
• lackadaisically
• shiftlessly
• spiritlessly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of obstinately

As mentioned previously, Babcock obstinately played a late-career Marleau in significant minutes during his time in Toronto with dragging results. — Janson Duench, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Because Cuba’s communist dictatorship assumed absolute control of food production, obstinately clinging to absurdly inefficient economic policies that yielded ever-shrinking amounts of comestibles to consume or export. — Carlos Eire, Time, 23 Apr. 2026

On the walk back to the inn, Henry veered off the trail to pick up a fallen branch, gray and forked with one crisp leaf clinging obstinately on. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026