All 4 Uses
obstinate
in
Major Barbara
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- STEPHEN [obstinately] I would die sooner than ask him for another penny.†
Act 1 *obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
- By the operation of some instinct which is not merciful enough to blind him with the illusions of love, he is obstinately bent on marrying Barbara.†
Act 1
- CUSINS [with polite obstinacy] Mr Undershaft: I am in many ways a weak, timid, ineffectual person; and my health is far from satisfactory.†
Act 2obstinacy = the trait of being stubborn in not doing what others want
- LADY BRITOMART [obstinately] There is Stephen.†
Act 3obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
Definitions:
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(1)
(obstinate) stubbornly not doing what others want
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)