ob·du·rate ( b d -r t, -dy-)adj. 1. a. Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent: "obdurate conscience of the old sinner" (Sir Walter Scott). b. Hardened against feeling; hardhearted: an obdurate miser. 2. Not giving in to persuasion; intractable. See Synonyms at inflexible. [Middle English obdurat, from Late Latin obd  r tus, past participle of obdrre, to harden, from Latin, to be hard, endure : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + drus, hard; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]ob du·rate·ly adv.ob du·rate·ness n. |
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| Adv. | 1. | obdurately - in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position" |
Translations
obdurately
adv (= stubbornly) → hartnäckig; (= hardheartedly) → unerbittlich; she remained obdurately silent → sie verharrte verbissen in Schweigen
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