Inflexibly

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adj.

1. Not easily bent; stiff or rigid.

2. Incapable of being changed; unalterable.

3. Unyielding in purpose, principle, or temper; immovable.

in·flexi·bili·ty, in·flexi·ble·ness n.

in·flexi·bly adv.

Synonyms: inflexible, inexorable, adamant, obdurate
These adjectives mean not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course. Inflexible implies unyielding adherence to fixed principles or purposes: My boss is inflexible on many issues.
Inexorable implies lack of susceptibility to persuasion: "Cynthia was inexorableshe would have none of him" (Winston Churchill).
It also describes things that are inevitable, relentless, and often severe in effect: "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty" (W. Bruce Lincoln).
Adamant implies imperviousness to pleas or appeals: He is adamant about leaving right now.
Obdurate implies hard, callous resistance to tender feelings: The child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart. See Also Synonyms at stiff.

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Adv.

inflexibly - in an inflexible manner; "`You will--because you must!,' Madam told her inflexibly"

flexibly - with flexibility; "`Come whenever you are free,' he said flexibly"

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And when after gaining his own deck, and his own pivot-hole there, he so vehemently wheeled round with an urgent command to the steersman (it was, as ever, something about his not steering inflexibly enough); then, the already shaken ivory received such an additional twist and wrench, that though it still remained entire, and to all appearances lusty, yet Ahab did not deem it entirely trustworthy.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

Her figure was elegant, and she walked well; but Darcy, at whom it was all aimed, was still inflexibly studious.

Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context

Phillips might not be a very good teacher; but a pupil so inflexibly determined on learning as Anne was could hardly escape making progress under any kind of teacher.

Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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