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mulishly
adverb as in obstinately
Strong match
Weak matches
- bullheadedly
- contumaciously
- determinedly
- doggedly
- firmly
- fixedly
- headstrongly
- indomitably
- inflexibly
- intractably
- opinionatedly
- persistently
- pertinaciously
- pigheadedly
- recalcitrantly
- resistantly
- resolutely
- resolvedly
- staunchly
- steadfastly
- stolidly
- tenaciously
- unamenably
- unflinchingly
- unimpressibly
- unreasonably
- unreasoningly
- unrelentingly
- unwaveringly
- unyieldingly
- willfully
Example Sentences
An intuitive thinker who mulishly sticks to his supposed learning style during a statistics test will fail.
He is mulishly stubborn and I am unfailingly volatile.
Hopefully, the legislature of the state of Mississippi will one day follow ASB’s example instead of standing mulishly, embarrassingly behind the status quo.
“No idea,” said Ron mulishly, looking up at him.
Now, those who mulishly claim that vaccines must be associated with autism argue that it’s the volume of vaccinations that kids receive – the vaccine schedule – that somehow overwhelms the immune system, somehow triggering autism.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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