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stubbornly

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

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That’s encouraging from a contrarian point of view, since market tops often are accompanied by stubbornly held bullishness.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

A Welsh government spokesperson said it had "inherited a damning legacy of stubbornly high levels of child poverty".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Most agree that the zeitgeist of rap started to shift away from the stubbornly anachronistic rapper sometime around the end of the aughts.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

Diesel prices remain stubbornly high as inventories sit near historically low levels, despite efforts to ease pressure on refined-fuel markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Though tonight promised to be a good one for taking a lunar, Nat worked stubbornly at his checking of Moore’s tables.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham