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Synonyms for unyieldingly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : uhn-yeel-ding |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈyil dɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for unyieldingly
Définition of unyieldingly
Origin :- 1590s of persons; 1650s, of substances; from un- (1) "not" + yielding (see yield (v.)).
- As in obstinately : adv stubbornly
- Soft—yes, it was soft, but the way sand is soft, unyieldingly.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- In spite of her usual good-nature she was unyieldingly stubborn.
- Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester
- "For that reason, play the part with all your might," he said, unyieldingly.
- Extract from : « Lady Rose's Daughter » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- The Little Doctor struggled to release herself from the arms which held her unyieldingly and tenderly.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- That his tastes, so far as music is concerned, were rigidly and unyieldingly classical, there is no room for doubt.
- Extract from : « A Short History of English Music » by Ernest Ford
- "The Caryatid" is no more the erect figure that bears lightly or unyieldingly the heaviness of the marble.
- Extract from : « Auguste Rodin » by Rainer Maria Rilke
- He had been severe, almost to cruelty, but he had been quite as unyieldingly austere in dealing with himself.
- Extract from : « The White Sister » by F. Marion Crawford
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