adamant
adjective
utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
adamance
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a word derived from
adamant.
Example Sentences
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That’s despite the central bank’s own adamance that it will keep raising rates from their current 15-year high and hold them there into 2024.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Denton’s vocal adamance made clear that he was out of step with public sentiment long before the Hogan case came to court.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2016
Zimmer calls the latter the “emphatic period,” and notes that it is not only a good way not only to convey adamance but also the speech patterns of William Shatner.
From Time ● Jul. 2, 2014
"The words adamance and intransigence do not have anything in common with us," he contended.
From Time Magazine Archive
