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| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : myoo-lish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmyu lɪʃ |
Definition of mulishly
Origin :- 1751, from mule (n.1) + -ish. Related: Mulishly; mulishness.
- As in obstinately : adv stubbornly
- A treasonous step on this mule of a Bookseller's part, thinks Voltaire; but mulishly persisted in by the man.
- Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. X. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle
- And as for my managing Peter, they know perfectly well that, though he's a darling, he's just mulishly obstinate.
- Extract from : « The Whole Family » by William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Heaton
Synonyms for mulishly
- bullheadedly
- contumaciously
- determinedly
- doggedly
- firmly
- fixedly
- headstrongly
- indomitably
- inflexibly
- intractably
- mulishly
- obdurately
- opinionatedly
- persistently
- pertinaciously
- pigheadedly
- recalcitrantly
- resistantly
- resolutely
- resolvedly
- staunchly
- steadfastly
- stolidly
- tenaciously
- unamenably
- unflinchingly
- unimpressibly
- unreasonably
- unreasoningly
- unrelentingly
- unwaveringly
- unyieldingly
- willfully
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