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INFLEXIBLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inflexibly mean?
• INFLEXIBLY (adverb)
The adverb INFLEXIBLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: INFLEXIBLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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