adamant
adjective
noun
Origin of adamant
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uncompromising, stubborn, resolute, determined, intransigent, insistent, rigid, firm, immovable, set, pat, stiff, tough, fixed, hard-nosed, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, relentless, unbendingExamples from the Web for adamant
Contemporary Examples of adamant
Even the most adamant Obamacare opponent must acknowledge, as Kasich has, that its coverage expansion has helped some people.
They are also as adamant about the tone they want to strike.
Inside the Political Fun House: How ‘Alpha House’ Became Amazon’s First Big HitKevin Fallon
October 24, 2014
They are adamant that their women-only concerts are not a result of religious rules.
The Sisterhood of Bulletproof Stockings: It’s Ladies’ Night for Hasidic RockersEmily Shire
September 30, 2014
Despite all the visual cues which might suggest otherwise, Manning was adamant that he was not trying to promote himself.
Many of the survivors were adamant that the fighters were made up of foreign nationals from all over the world.
Historical Examples of adamant
Virtue is an adamant that is sacred and secure from all their efforts.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
Imogen was deaf to their expostulations, and indurate and callous as adamant to their persuasions.
ImogenWilliam Godwin
"Oh, do let's stay till it's all done," she urged, but Bruce and Elinor were adamant.
Miss Pat at SchoolPemberton Ginther
I begin to believe she is made of adamant instead of what other women are made of.
The Midnight QueenMay Agnes Fleming
A firm tread had Mother Scoville, a light hand with pastry, and a will that was adamant.
GigoloEdna Ferber