All 8 Uses of
obstinate
in
The Idiot
- "Out of obstinacy" shouted Gania.†
Chpt 1.8 *obstinacy = the trait of being stubborn in not doing what others want
- You haven't married, either, thanks to your obstinacy.†
Chpt 1.8
- All observed how irritable and cross she had become since her last burst of laughter; but none the less obstinately did she stick to her absurd whim about this new game.†
Chpt 1.13obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
- When they had proceeded some hundred paces or so from the house, Aglaya said to her obstinately silent cavalier in a quick half-whisper: "Look to the right!"†
Chpt 3.2
- "And natural," repeated Lebedeff with pedantic obstinacy.†
Chpt 3.4obstinacy = the trait of being stubborn in not doing what others want
- Indeed, there was at this moment a piece of news, most interesting to the prince, which Lebedeff knew and even had wished to tell him, but which he now kept obstinately to himself.†
Chpt 4.3obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
- It became obstinate-looking, hard, and full of hatred; but she did not take her eyes off her visitors for a moment.†
Chpt 4.8
- He had been obliging—now he was as obstinate and silent as a mule.†
Chpt 4.11
Definition:
stubbornly not doing what others want