inflexibly

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Previous quests have been derailed by weather delays, full rainouts, mechanical problems and late arrivals all marring an inflexibly tight schedule.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024

Her supporters contend that at worst, Ms. Baumann had made some ill-advised but innocent decisions, and that the Smithsonian had treated Ms. Baumann too inflexibly and bureaucratically in making her leave.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2020

He had seemed invested – insistently, inflexibly – in being the household despot.

From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2016

That view is widely held among Fed policymakers, who believe that forcing the U.S. central bank to inflexibly follow a fixed monetary policy rule would inhibit its ability to right the economy during a crisis.

From Reuters • May 1, 2015

“I’m sorry,” he said inflexibly, his back turned.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin