Both Uses of
obstinate
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- She would not have been obstinate if I had not been weak.†
Chpt 20 *
- There, he had learnt to distinguish between the steadiness of principle and the obstinacy of self-will, between the darings of heedlessness and the resolution of a collected mind.†
Chpt 23obstinacy = the trait of being stubborn in not doing what others want
Definition:
stubbornly not doing what others want