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Meanings of obstinacy in английском

португальский
obstinação
каталонский
tossuderia

Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.

      obstinação
      Usage of obstinacy in английском
      1
      There is something awful in the obstinacy of the assaults upon us.
      Catharine Furze
      2
      The general's patience was gradually vanishing in the face of such obstinacy.
      A Little Traitor to the South / A War Time Comedy with a Tragic ...
      3
      That, and a good portion of obstinacy, he thought with a smile.
      The hangman's daughter
      4
      Wherever they passed, there did the fight augment in obstinacy and fury.
      Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844
      5
      The girl comprehended without hearing, and shook her head in sullen obstinacy.
      Love Stories
      6
      I sense more here than simple stubbornness, more even than sinful obstinacy.
      Gather, Darkness!
      7
      The old woman stuck to her guns with the obstinacy of age.
      The Making of a Soul
      8
      The Imperials refused to break; Ullen had to admire their inspired obstinacy.
      Return of the Crimson Guard
      9
      Perhaps Shairez was about to explain that obstinacy of theirs to him.
      Out of the dark
      10
      Her ivory forehead was wrinkled charmingly in a little frown of obstinacy.
      Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
      11
      And there was a sort of dull, lifeless obstinacy in his voice.
      In the Wilderness
      12
      And the obstinacy of monarchs is not as that of other men.
      Queen Victoria
      13
      But she had steeled herself to obstinacy against him in all things.
      The Way We Live Now
      14
      You are only lowering yourself in my estimation by showing this obstinacy.
      Man and Maid
      15
      It is downright obstinacy-forgiveme for saying so-topersist in your refusal.
      The Black Robe
      16
      He looked at the fixed obstinacy of the Archdeacon's face and said:
      The Cathedral: A Novel
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      португальский
      obstinação
      Obstinacy through the time
      Obstinacy across language varieties
      United Kingdom
      Common
      United States of America
      Rare