stubbornly

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English stubborn Middle English -ly English -ly English stubbornly From stubborn + -ly.

1. In a stubborn manner.

   “He stubbornly refused to quit trying, even after failing 20 times.”

   “It is the outpost which the devil and the flesh most stubbornly maintain against the assaults of grace; and until it be subdued, and its barriers levelled with the very earth, there is more hope of a fool than of the sinner.”