stubbornly

adverb

Definition of stubbornlynext
as in obstinately

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Recent Examples of stubbornly Voters have largely soured on Trump throughout his second term due to the unpopular conflict’s ties to stubbornly high inflation. — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026 Consumer habits also proved more stubbornly set than PowerPoint presentations had suggested. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 Treasury yields remain stubbornly high, but income investors don’t need to be concerned yet. — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 The September survey showed that households are worried about higher fuel prices and stubbornly high inflation. — ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026 The Federal Reserve two weeks ago raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly high inflation, and the central bank signaled another rate hike could occur later this year. — Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Curiosity could accomplish more today than stubbornly defending the original plan. — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026 Neither home nor sacred space, to her the building felt stuck between states, stubbornly shaking its head. — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026 After decades of stubbornly refusing to add touch screens to its computers, rumor has it that Apple might finally offer this capability. — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stubbornly
  1. obstinately
  2. willfully
  3. indefatigably
  4. steadfastly
  5. tirelessly
Adverb
  • 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
Definition of obstinately
Adverb
  • For the tax years 2022 and 2023, Steve Kim willfully evaded the assessment of income tax in the amount of $155,021, while Ted Kim willfully evaded the assessment of income tax in the amount of $97,354, prosecutors said.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Yet three successive Democratic presidential campaigns willfully ignored these flashing sirens, instead insisting that Green New Deals and diversity, equity and inclusion programs would appeal to working-class Latino men.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of willfully
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  • Selling cigarettes on the street to buy food for her siblings, the pre-teen is indefatigably upbeat, eagerly anticipating an imminent passage to Germany.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Matthew Restall, for example, has worked indefatigably as a myth buster for dozens of misconceptions for roughly two decades now, and only recently did another historian, Camilla Townsend, stitch together the history of the Aztecs according to their own statements, as recorded in Nahuatl.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Definition of indefatigably
Adverb
  • The challenge itself is the one place that Survivor steadfastly refuses to innovate.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • So are his bandmates, who have steadfastly supported his solo work even when their own label was lukewarm on it.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of steadfastly
Adverb
  • Pete Shilaimon and the cast and crew of the film, worked tirelessly on research.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
  • There are some authors who plumb the roots of their own concerns or anxieties, while others work tirelessly to build worlds out of words and ideas.
    — Josh Zajdman, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of tirelessly

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