Antonyms for intractably
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : in-trak-tuh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtræk tə bəl |
Definition of intractably
Origin :- c.1500, "rough, stormy;" 1540s, "not manageable," from Latin intractabilis "not to be handled, unmanageable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + tractabilis (see tractable). Related: Intractably.
- As in obstinately : adv stubbornly
- "O no," she said, intractably moving to the other side of the decayed fire.
- Extract from : « Return of the Native » by Thomas Hardy
- "Then it appears to me that Sergeant Troy does not concern us here," she said, intractably.
- Extract from : « Far from the Madding Crowd » by Thomas Hardy
- But something in him, some intractably tough bit of his old self, rose up protesting—frantically.
- Extract from : « A Christmas Garland » by Max Beerbohm
Synonyms for intractably
- 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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