What does "inflexibly" mean?

With a firmness that resists all importunity or persuasion; in an inflexible, unyielding or immovable manner; relentlessly.

What is a synonym for "inflexibly"?

Common synonyms include: always, certainly, decidedly, earnestly, firmly, grimly.

Inflexibly

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Definitions

Adverb

1
With a firmness that resists all importunity or persuasion; in an inflexible, unyielding or immovable manner; relentlessly.

Adverb

1
in an inflexible manner wordnet

Synonyms

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always certainly decidedly earnestly firmly grimly

Antonyms

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flexibly

Example

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"Mr. 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."

Etymology

From inflexible + -ly.

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