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recalcitrantly — recalcitrant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obstinately uncooperative. ► NOUN ▪ a recalcitrant person. DERIVATIVES recalcitrance noun recalcitrantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin recalcitrare kick out with the heels … English terms dictionary
unwillingly — adverb adversely, demurringly, indisposedly, involuntarily, recalcitrantly, reluctantly, unconsentingly, without assent, without consent associated concepts: unknowingly Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
obstinately — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. doggedly, stubbornly, tenaciously, pertinaciously, mulishly, stiff neckedly, pigheadedly, bullheadedly, like a bull, persistently, unwaveringly, determinedly, unyieldingly, fixedly, resolutely, unreasonably, unreasoningly … English dictionary for students
recalcitrant — [rɪ kalsɪtr(ə)nt] adjective obstinately uncooperative. noun a recalcitrant person. Derivatives recalcitrance noun recalcitrantly adverb Origin C19: from L. recalcitrant , recalcitrare kick out with the heels , based on calx, calc heel … English new terms dictionary
recalcitrant — adjective formal refusing to do what you are told to do, even after you have been punished: recalcitrant children recalcitrantly adverb recalcitrance noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
recalcitrance — recalcitrant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obstinately uncooperative. ► NOUN ▪ a recalcitrant person. DERIVATIVES recalcitrance noun recalcitrantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin recalcitrare kick out with the heels … English terms dictionary
recalcitrant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obstinately uncooperative. ► NOUN ▪ a recalcitrant person. DERIVATIVES recalcitrance noun recalcitrantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin recalcitrare kick out with the heels … English terms dictionary
recalcitrant — [ri kal′si trənt] adj. [L recalcitrans, prp. of recalcitrare, to kick back (in LL, to disobey) < re , back + calcitrare, to kick < calx, heel: see CALCAR] 1. refusing to obey authority, custom, regulation, etc.; stubbornly defiant 2. hard… … English World dictionary
recalcitrant — adj. & n. adj. 1 obstinately disobedient. 2 objecting to restraint. n. a recalcitrant person. Derivatives: recalcitrance n. recalcitrantly adv. Etymology: L recalcitrare (as RE , calcitrare kick out with the heels f. calx calcis heel) … Useful english dictionary
