adamant

[US]/ˈædəmənt/
[UK]/ˈædəmənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. firm and unyielding; extremely hard; stubborn
n. something that is hard; a hard stone

Phrases & Collocations

adamant refusal

adamant stand

Example Sentences

he is adamant that he is not going to resign.

She became as rigid as adamant .

I am adamant about it.

an adamant critic who couldn't be budged.

Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.

He is adamant in his refusal to change his mind.

He was adamanted to her entreaties.

He was adamant in his determination to punish the corrupt officials.

We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.

He's so adamant that however hard I tried to persuade him to join us he did not change his mind.

Mohammad Yunus, the unflappably optimistic founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, a microfinance institution for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, is adamant that business remains unscathed.

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