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Tears filled his eyes, as he lifted the living child from the dead bosom to which it obstinately clung.

King Edward refused to believe the evidence of his senses, and obstinately refused to quit the field.

The more his kind wife exerted herself to comfort him, the more obstinately he persisted in maintaining his own sombre views.

The Mantatees obstinately held their ground, seeming determined rather to perish than flee, which they might easily have done.

God, whom they call so good, appears sometimes obstinately deaf to their entreaties.

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On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obstinately, such as: mulishly, obdurately, bullheadedly, contumaciously, determinedly, and doggedly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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