All 4 Uses
inflexible
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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- Inflexibly rigid in her own moral conduct, she condoned weaknesses in others.†
Chpt 7 *inflexibly = in a manner that is not bendable or adaptable
- No matter how the child tried to remember that they were inflexibly there and wouldn't give way, she would jump up suddenly out of the soapy water and get her back whacked good on a faucet.†
Chpt 15
- "How much?" repeated Katie inflexibly.†
Chpt 45
- She examined in turn the powder in her compact, the ridges on her nail file, the way her comb was inflexible and the threads of her handkerchief.†
Chpt 48inflexible = not bendable or adaptable
Definitions:
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(1)
(inflexible) not bendable or adaptablein various senses, including:
- not willing to compromise or make concessions -- as when a boss says "Do it my way or you're fired."
- not able to adjust well to different conditions -- as of a schedule that cannot be changed
- not easily bent without physical damage or injury -- as of brittle steel or person with stiff joints
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)