Get to know Obstinately better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like stubbornly.
Obstinately meaning
In an obstinate manner.
Synonyms of Obstinately
Using Obstinately
- The main meaning on this page is: In an obstinate manner.
- Useful related words include: stubbornly, pig-headedly, obdurately, mulishly.
- In the example corpus, obstinately often appears in combinations such as: has obstinately.
Context around Obstinately
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obstinately
- In this selection, "obstinately" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, infections, antisocial, resented and last stand out and add context to how "obstinately" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused of obstinately trying to and and was obstinately silent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obstinately" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obstinately
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At first he could offer no response, and was obstinately silent. (11 words)
They massed themselves as an army, and obstinately contested the revolutionary idea. (12 words)
Corona virus infections obstinately last a couple of years all over the world. (13 words)
Alice’s single-minded devotion to her mythological pursuits, added to her obstinately antisocial behavior, explains why the local children have branded her a witch, with some of the adults coming up with even worse names for her. (38 words)
But my able Governor who has obstinately strutted himself as Mr. President’s first male child did not take cognizance of the fact, consequently, we saw how etched the killing of people and destruction of properties became thereafter. (38 words)
For David Bentley Hart, hell is God’s eternal torture chamber that served as a method of control for less enlightened peoples and remains a source of perverse satisfaction to the obstinately religious. (33 words)
Example sentences (9)
Alice’s single-minded devotion to her mythological pursuits, added to her obstinately antisocial behavior, explains why the local children have branded her a witch, with some of the adults coming up with even worse names for her.
Carnage has obstinately resented Spider-man and is destructive when he comes in contact with Peter’s life.
Corona virus infections obstinately last a couple of years all over the world.
For David Bentley Hart, hell is God’s eternal torture chamber that served as a method of control for less enlightened peoples and remains a source of perverse satisfaction to the obstinately religious.
But my able Governor who has obstinately strutted himself as Mr. President’s first male child did not take cognizance of the fact, consequently, we saw how etched the killing of people and destruction of properties became thereafter.
Obstinately crafting acoustic music for the sophisticated urban hillbilly, The Determined Luddites will be joined by alumni Gary Mackender on the squeezebox.
They massed themselves as an army, and obstinately contested the revolutionary idea.
At first he could offer no response, and was obstinately silent.
George III is often accused of obstinately trying to keep Great Britain at war with the revolutionaries in America, despite the opinions of his own ministers.
Common combinations with obstinately
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: