All 6 Uses of
obstinate
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- A new overwhelming sensation was gaining more and more mastery over him every moment; this was an immeasurable, almost physical, repulsion for everything surrounding him, an obstinate, malignant feeling of hatred.†
Chpt 2.2
- He did not attempt to move, but stared obstinately at the flower.†
Chpt 2.4obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
- You are intentionally lying, simply from feminine obstinacy, simply to hold your own against me....You cannot respect Luzhin.†
Chpt 3.3obstinacy = the trait of being stubborn in not doing what others want
- Again all was silent; Raskolnikov was obstinately mute, Avdotya Romanovna was unwilling to open the conversation too soon.†
Chpt 4.2obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
- He stayed obstinately at that thought.
Chpt 4.4 *obstinately = stubbornly
- Sonia looked obstinately at the ground and would not answer.†
Chpt 4.4obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
Definition:
stubbornly not doing what others want