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stubbornly

adv

Etymology

From stubborn + -ly.

  1. inherited from stybb — “a stump, stub”
  2. inherited from *stybbor✻
  3. inherited from stiborne
  4. formed as stubbornly — “stubborn + -ly”

Definitions

  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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stubbornly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at stubbornly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at stubbornly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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