STUBBORNLY Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

stubbornly

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as in obstinately

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Recent Examples of stubbornly Closing the gap between the merely good and the truly extraordinary remains stubbornly, wonderfully human. — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026 The day rewards curiosity more than sticking stubbornly to the original plan. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026 Kevin Carter | Getty Images Mortgage rates have been rising sharply since the start of September, as inflation remains stubbornly high and bond markets sell off due to several factors. — Diana Olick, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 Yields across much of the G7 have surged in recent months as investors fret over stubbornly high inflation and unrelenting borrowing, with economists voicing particular worry over a potential European debt crisis. — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Americans aren't only paying more for food amid stubbornly high inflation — the cost of washing it down has also surged. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 But Democrats have an advantage as the party out of power and at a time when the Republican president is overseeing an unpopular war against Iran and struggling with a stubbornly inflationary economy. — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026 Intelligence may become abundant, but the physical world remains stubbornly finite. — Brian Solis, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 And the prospect of the conflict continuing indefinitely is starting to inflict the dire economic consequences on the global economy that Middle East observers have long predicted, with both American and global oil prices remaining stubbornly high. — David Faris, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026

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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

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Understandably, Penn struggles to hold these disparate points of focus together with a performance that vacillates between disarmingly dopey and almost willfully ignorant of the realities of the 2000s media landscape.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Her writing carries a distinctly evolved candor, which is saying something for someone as willfully exposed as Chinouriri.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026

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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

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The Tuners Paweł Chorzępa (Poland 2026, 23 min) Distinguished tuners work tirelessly to achieve perfect pitch for their instruments at a renowned piano competition.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Without giving away key narrative turns, Holmes and her husband Billy Evans work tirelessly to reboot a version of Theranos with a kind of desperation.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

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