All 5 Uses of
obstinate
in
Around the World in 80 Days
- Sir Francis corrected Passepartout's time, whereupon the latter made the same remark that he had done to Fix; and upon the general insisting that the watch should be regulated in each new meridian, since he was constantly going eastward, that is in the face of the sun, and therefore the days were shorter by four minutes for each degree gone over, Passepartout obstinately refused to alter his watch, which he kept at London time.†
Chpt 11
- The wind, obstinately remaining in the north-west, blew a gale, and retarded the steamer.†
Chpt 18
- The storm exasperated him, the gale made him furious, and he longed to lash the obstinate sea into obedience.†
Chpt 18 *
- It will be remembered that the obstinate fellow had insisted on keeping his famous family watch at London time, and on regarding that of the countries he had passed through as quite false and unreliable.†
Chpt 24
- It continued fresh, but, unhappily, it remained obstinately in the south-east, rendering the sails useless.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(obstinate) stubbornly not doing what others want