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stubbornly

  • a word derived from stubborn.
    stubborn
    adjective
    unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving.

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Frightened that she may be plagued by the same mental illness that felled her mom, Gemma stubbornly refuses to believe anything is wrong.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Turn the cover and the ghost disappears while the title remains, stubbornly insisting that this house has nobody in it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But the front moved slowly, stubbornly in one direction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Once again, we see that the market timers’ recent behavior can hardly be characterized as stubbornly held bullishness.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

Through the mist before his eyes he was aware dimly of Frodo’s face, and stubbornly he fought to master himself and to drag himself out of the swoon that was upon him.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien