All 5 Uses of
adamant
in
Just Mercy
- Local police ignored the obvious evidence that the death-was a hate crime and hypothesized that Donald must have been involved in drug dealing, which his mother adamantly denied.†
p. 48.7 *adamantly = with determination not to change a decision or belief
- Months after the crime, the storeowner was adamant that Myers had never seen Walter McMillian before.†
p. 131.9
- Mrs. Colbey rejected the State's offer of a plea agreement, pursuant to which she would have gone to prison for eighteen years, because she was adamant that she had done nothing wrong.†
p. 232.4
- Joe admitted helping the older boys with the burglary earlier in the day but adamantly denied any knowledge of or involvement in the sexual assault.†
p. 257.0adamantly = with determination not to change a decision or belief
- The third man featured in the film, Robert Tarver, also adamantly maintained his innocence.†
p. 275.8
Definition:
determined not to change a decision or belief