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INFLEXIBLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inflexibly mean? 

INFLEXIBLY (adverb)
  The adverb INFLEXIBLY has 1 sense:

1. in an inflexible mannerplay

  Familiarity information: INFLEXIBLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INFLEXIBLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In an inflexible manner

Context example:

'You will--because you must!,' Madam told her inflexibly

Antonym:

flexibly (with flexibility)

Pertainym:

inflexible (incapable of change)


 Context examples 


Her figure was elegant, and she walked well; but Darcy, at whom it was all aimed, was still inflexibly studious.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)



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