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English
Etymology
From obdurate + -ly.
Adverb
obdurately (comparative more obdurately, superlative most obdurately)
- In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 216:The sparse grey locks he combed were fewer and greyer: and though the accustomed mouth circle was as obdurately set as of old, his head waggled purposelessly: and his hands fumbled stiffly as he folded and replaced his pocket comb.