All 4 Uses of
inflexible
in
Middlemarch
- Poor Rosamond for months had begun to associate her husband with feelings of disappointment, and the terribly inflexible relation of marriage had lost its charm of encouraging delightful dreams.†
Chpt 7
- As for him, the need of accommodating himself to her nature, which was inflexible in proportion to its negations, held him as with pincers.†
Chpt 7 *
- We cannot be sure that any natures, however inflexible or peculiar, will resist this effect from a more massive being than their own.†
Chpt 8
- She simply continued to be mild in her temper, inflexible in her judgment, disposed to admonish her husband, and able to frustrate him by stratagem.†
Chpt Fin.
Definition:
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(inflexible) not bendable or adaptablein various senses, including:
- not willing to compromise or make concessions -- as when a boss says "Do it my way or you're fired."
- not able to adjust well to different conditions -- as of a schedule that cannot be changed
- not easily bent without physical damage or injury -- as of brittle steel or person with stiff joints