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adamantly

American  
[ad-uh-muhnt-lee, -mant-] / ˈæd ə mənt li, -ˌmænt- /

adverb

  1. with an utterly unyielding attitude, in spite of all appeals, urgings, challenges, etc..

    The plaintiff and her mother were adamantly opposed to participation in family court proceedings and repeatedly expressed this sentiment to state officials.

Etymology

Origin of adamantly

adamant ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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“I think of this as the next format of recorded music,” Shulman says adamantly over breakfast in Beverly Hills a few days before the Grammys.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was considering selling top-end F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, during a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who adamantly opposes the move.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

Instead of panicking, Cohen began adamantly advocating that his parents put their retirement savings into the stock.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

The system returned a name — one the patient adamantly insisted was not hers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025

He seemed to have moved beyond his need to assert so adamantly his autonomy, his need to separate himself from his parents.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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