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adamant
[ ad-uh-muhnt, -mant ]
adjective
- utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
Synonyms: uncompromising, rigid, inflexible
- too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
noun
- any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
- a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
adamant
/ ˈædəmənt /
adjective
- unshakable in purpose, determination, or opinion; unyielding
- a less common word for adamantine
noun
- any extremely hard or apparently unbreakable substance
- a legendary stone said to be impenetrable, often identified with the diamond or loadstone
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Derived Forms
- ˈadamantly, adverb
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Other Words From
- ad·a·man·cy [ad, -, uh, -m, uh, n-see], ad·a·mance noun
- ad·a·mant·ly adverb
- un·ad·a·mant adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adamant1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of adamant1
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Example Sentences
Even the most adamant Obamacare opponent must acknowledge, as Kasich has, that its coverage expansion has helped some people.
They are also as adamant about the tone they want to strike.
They are adamant that their women-only concerts are not a result of religious rules.
Despite all the visual cues which might suggest otherwise, Manning was adamant that he was not trying to promote himself.
Many of the survivors were adamant that the fighters were made up of foreign nationals from all over the world.
He was strong; his will was adamant as the blade of Trenchefer; to save those dear ones a single pang—what would he not suffer!
Once he paused at the sealed door, and flung himself against it—adamant had scarce seemed firmer.
And how I thanked my God for the adamant bulwarks of coral that protected my ark from the fury of the treacherous seas!
I went to General Kock and pleaded with him, but he was adamant.
He moistened his lips, and glanced at her for succor, but she was adamant.
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