Both Uses of
obstinate
in
The House of Mirth
- If only she would have given her friend a hint they might still have worked together successfully; but how could Lily be of use, while she was thus obstinately shut out from participation?†
Chpt 2.3 *
- Even while his nerves raged at the subjection of husbands to their wives, and at the cruelty of women to their kind, reason obstinately harped on the proverbial relation between smoke and fire.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(obstinate) stubbornly not doing what others want