adamant
adjective
utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
adamancy
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a word derived from
adamant.
Example Sentences
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The D.A. said Baldwin’s adamancy that he did not fire the weapon came as a surprise to her when she watched the interview.
From Fox News ● Feb. 18, 2022
Because I am jointly on his account, I could transfer the expenses to my account, but his adamancy that I’d be “stealing” from him gives me pause.
From Slate ● May 26, 2021
Anthony’s adamancy, the eloquent obviousness of her observations on gender, comes across in Thomson’s music through understatement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2018
Having sunk money and initiative into the new place, the Giants and the Jets would seem to be in a position of dreading a shutdown, but the league must preserve mute adamancy all around.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2010
Once more we address our questions to the gatekeeper: Does his relative youth signal flexibility or merely a longer reign of adamancy?
From Time Magazine Archive
