recalcitrantly

ADVERB

obstinately

Synonyms

STRONG

mulishly obdurately

WEAK

bullheadedly contumaciously determinedly doggedly firmly fixedly headstrongly indomitably inflexibly intractably opinionatedly persistently pertinaciously pigheadedly resistantly resolutely resolvedly staunchly steadfastly stolidly tenaciously unamenably unflinchingly unimpressibly unreasonably unreasoningly unrelentingly unwaveringly unyieldingly willfully

Antonyms

WEAK

docilely graciously obediently

Example Sentences

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Stand recalcitrantly upon your self-professed principle and make the other side come to you.

From US News • Oct. 8, 2015