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obstinate
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The Secret Garden
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She knew she felt contrary again, and obstinate, and she did not care at all.†
p. 88.9
"I love his big mouth," said Mary obstinately.†
p. 99.1 *

obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
"I don't believe he does," said Mary quite obstinately.†
p. 127.9
She just grew sour and obstinate and did not care what happened.†
p. 147.1
And now that an angry unsympathetic little girl insisted obstinately that he was not as ill as he thought he was he actually felt as if she might be speaking the truth.†
p. 156.3

obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
"It was the robin who showed me the way," she protested obstinately.†
p. 194.5
But I come," with grumpy obstinacy.†
p. 201.5

obstinacy = the trait of being stubborn in not doing what others want
When he had finished, Ben Weatherstaff was standing quite still with his jaws set obstinately but with a dis turbed look in his eyes fixed on Colin.†
p. 240.9

obstinately = stubbornly unyielding to the wishes of others
"It doesn't stand to reason that a pretty woman could be th' mother o' such a fou' little lass," she had added obstinately.†
p. 243.6
A terrible sorrow had fallen upon him when he had been happy and he had let his soul fill itself with blackness and had refused obstinately to allow any rift of light to pierce through.†
p. 249.2

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