mulish

That mulish obstinacy of which you jestingly accused me is in a woman the result of confidence, of a vision of the future.

He knew this and yet he felt obstinate, mulish almost, as he sat down to reply non-committally to Miss Van Tuyn's letter.

"I tell you I'm as young as I ever was," this from Mr. Langton, in tones of mulish obstinacy.

I am not mulish enough to adhere to a resolution when better counsels are given against it.

But being in a hotel salon, with no enemy present more dangerous than a beautiful young girl, it was only mulish.