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stubbornly not doing what others want
- "You are very obstinate," said the Doctor.Chapter 33 (54% in)
obstinate = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes
- To her father, it must be admitted, this seemed only another epigram; and as obstinacy, in unaccomplished minds, does not usually select such a mode of expression, he was the more surprised at this wanton play of a fixed idea.Chapter 18 (66% in)
- This striking argument gave the Doctor a sudden sense of having underestimated his daughter; it seemed even more than worthy of a young woman who had revealed the quality of unaggressive obstinacy.Chapter 22 (97% in)
- Catherine, conscious of her obstinacy, expected little of this, and could not rid herself of the idea that in going abroad and yet remaining firm, she should play her father a trick.Chapter 23 (39% in)
- She had tried sharpness, and she had tried sternness: but neither would do; she was shocked at the girl's obstinacy.Chapter 30 (68% in)
- There is not the smallest probability that, after having been as obstinate as a mule for two years, she suddenly became amenable to reason.Chapter 32 (30% in)
- "Upon my word," her father explained, "I had no idea how obstinate you are!"Chapter 33 (57% in)
- She knew herself that she was obstinate, and it gave her a certain joy.Chapter 33 (58% in)
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