All 3 Uses of
obstinate
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- When Mr. Phillips called the history class out Anne should have gone, but Anne did not move, and Mr. Phillips, who had been writing some verses "To Priscilla" before he called the class, was thinking about an obstinate rhyme still and never missed her.†
Chpt 15
- There is nothing more to do except to pray and I haven't much hope that that'll do much good because, Marilla, I do not believe that God Himself can do very much with such an obstinate person as Mrs. Barry.
Chpt 16 *obstinate = stubbornly unyielding to other's wishes
- I'm sixteen and a half, 'obstinate as a mule,' as Mrs. Lynde once told me," laughed Anne.†
Chpt 38
Definition:
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(obstinate) stubbornly not doing what others want