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It was the only really jarring moment in an otherwise cussedly upbeat half hour, the only glimpse of the peculiar vagueness that has dogged this club.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2017

Other theorists in China argue that, though cussedly unmalleable, an independent North Korea remains an essential buffer between China and the American-garrisoned South.

From Economist • Jan. 8, 2015

Steve Hansen, as cussedly laconic in victory as always, was having nothing of the auguries.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2014

Gideon is a classic type of the cussedly independent man.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the hope, of course, that I'll come home, not only less green, but less cussedly disagreeable.

From The Old Gray Homestead by Keyes, Frances Parkinson