adamantly
with an utterly unyielding attitude, in spite of all appeals, urgings, challenges, etc.:The plaintiff and her mother were adamantly opposed to participation in family court proceedings and repeatedly expressed this sentiment to state officials.
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How to use adamantly in a sentence
If you’re adamant about traveling in the coming months, you should consider harm reduction strategies to mitigate risk when you leave your home.
We were all trying to talk him out of it because he isn’t a spring chicken, But he was adamant.
Andrew Lloyd Webber believes in the imminent return of Broadway and the West End. That’s all he asks of you. | Peter Marks | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostMy dad, adamant that his family gets an appropriate intake of the fruit, ensures that there are oranges for dessert or for snacks at any hour of the day.
Harness the bright sweetness of oranges in these 7 recipes | Kari Sonde | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostNBA league commissioner Adam Silver says he remains adamant that the league will not compromise its values as it continues to pursue business in China.
Daryl Morey ostracized the NBA in mainland China. Now, some fans there are reveling in his resignation | Grady McGregor | October 16, 2020 | FortuneHe was adamant that evidence showed the contamination originated in the core facility, not his own lab, records show.
Inside the Fall of the CDC | by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg | October 15, 2020 | ProPublica
To this day, Bush media maven Roger Ailes adamantly denies that he or the campaign had any role in the Willie Horton mug shot ad.
Yet while sanctions like these can be painful, they can also make Putin more adamantly resistant to withdrawal from Ukraine.
BYU adamantly denied that his dismissal had anything to do with his sexuality.
Women voters overwhelmingly support her, with younger women adamantly for her.
Yes, Pundits, Hillary Has the 2016 Nomination in the Bag | Robert Shrum | February 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHamas grabbed a bucket of popcorn and watched with glee while Israel adamantly denied any involvement in Arafat's untimely death.
Radioactive Revelations Raise the Question: Who Killed Arafat? | Maysoon Zayid | November 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe there recorded a 1593 Doctrina, but adamantly refused to accept it on the hearsay evidence of others.
Doctrina Christiana | AnonymousThis is a brutish Malthusianism which must be adamantly countered.
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