All 13 Uses of
obstinate
in
The Once and Future King
- "Very well," said the Wart obstinately.†
Book 1obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
- "Ants do," he said obstinately.†
Book 1
- Here and there, in Guillemot Street, there would be an obstinate Kittiwake sitting on a projection and determined to have her rights.†
Book 1
- Twitching noase be one neame," answered the hedgehog obstinately, "and a-twitching of that noase be another, me-aster.†
Book 1obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
- Kay looked pale but obstinate.†
Book 2
- "Puce," Sir Palomides said obstinately.†
Book 2obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
- The poor things were so frightened and so pretty, and he only had to stop being obstinate to save their lives.†
Book 3
- I simply thought he was being obstinate, and I knocked him feet-upwards as he kneeled.†
Book 3
- If he wanted to save the hermit, let him stop being obstinate and get up and fight.†
Book 3
- He had wasted the hermit's, apparently through obstinacy, and now I was going to kill the innocent Colgrevance, who had tried to help him.†
Book 3obstinacy = the trait of being stubborn in not doing what others want
- "He was a cad," said Lancelot obstinately.†
Book 3obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
- He was so certain of the truth of his assertion that he had become obstinate, as people do in violent arguments.†
Book 3 *
- But his was a milder copy; not so red, nor so strong, nor so big, nor so obstinate.†
Book 4
Definition:
stubbornly not doing what others want