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In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness.
Ivan Turgenev

Meaning of "inflexibly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INFLEXIBLY

inflexibly  [ɪnˈfleksəblɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFLEXIBLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inflexibly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES INFLEXIBLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inflexibly in the English dictionary

The definition of inflexibly in the dictionary is in a way that is difficult to change.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFLEXIBLY


comprehensibly
kɒmprɪˈhensəblɪ
flexibly
ˈflɛksəblɪ
forcibly
ˈfɔːsəblɪ
impassably
ɪmˈpɑːsəblɪ
impossibly
ɪmˈpɒsəblɪ
incomprehensibly
ˌɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəblɪ
indefensibly
ˌɪndɪˈfɛnsəblɪ
indispensably
ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəblɪ
ineffaceably
ˌɪnɪˌfeɪsəblɪ
inexpressibly
ˌɪnɪksˈprɛsəblɪ
irremissibly
ˌɪrɪˈmɪsəblɪ
irreprehensibly
ɪˌrɛprɪˈhɛnsəblɪ
irrepressibly
ˌɪrɪˈpresəblɪ
noticeably
ˈnəʊtɪsəblɪ
passably
ˈpɑːsəblɪ
peaceably
ˈpiːsəblɪ
responsibly
rɪˈspɒnsəblɪ
taxably
ˈtæksəblɪ
unnoticeably
ʌnˈnəʊtɪsəblɪ
unsurpassably
ˌʌnsɜːˈpɑːsəblɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFLEXIBLY

inflect
inflectable
inflected
inflectedness
inflection
inflectional
inflectionally
inflectionless
inflective
inflector
inflexed
inflexibility
inflexible
inflexibleness
inflexion
inflexional
inflexionally
inflexionless
inflict
inflictable

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFLEXIBLY

accessibly
compatibly
feasibly
glibly
horribly
impermissibly
incredibly
infallibly
irresistibly
irreversibly
negligibly
ostensibly
plausibly
possibly
reproducibly
reversibly
sensibly
tangibly
terribly
visibly

Synonyms and antonyms of inflexibly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «inflexibly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFLEXIBLY

Find out the translation of inflexibly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inflexibly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inflexibly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一成不变
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inflexiblemente
570 millions of speakers

English

inflexibly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

inflexibly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بعناد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жестко
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inflexivelmente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

inflexibly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inflexiblement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unflexibel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頑固に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

inflexibly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inflexibly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

inflexibly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

inflexibly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अविचाराने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inatla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inflessibilmente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieugięcie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жорстко
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inflexibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άκαμπτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

inflexibly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orubbligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inflexibly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inflexibly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFLEXIBLY»

The term «inflexibly» is normally little used and occupies the 122.001 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFLEXIBLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inflexibly

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3 QUOTES WITH «INFLEXIBLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inflexibly.
1
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
I formed, in early life, two purposes to which I have inflexibly adhered, under some very strong pressure from warm personal friends. They were, first, never to be a second in a duel; and, second, never to go security for another man's debts.
2
Paul Theroux
Many small towns I know in Maine are as tight-knit and interdependent as those I associate with rural communities in India or China; with deep roots and old loyalties, skeptical of authority, they are proud and inflexibly territorial.
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Ivan Turgenev
In the end, nature is inexorable: it has no reason to hurry and, sooner or later, it takes what belongs to it. Unconsciously and inflexibly obedient to its own laws, it doesn't know art, just as it doesn't know freedom, just as it doesn't know goodness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFLEXIBLY»

Discover the use of inflexibly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inflexibly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Risky Business: Managing Employee Violence in the Workplace
Chapter. 6. The. Wooden. Sticks: Employees. Who. Approach. Life. Inflexibly. Everyone has some trouble dealing with change and with differences, and with the adjustments both require. Most employees, however, know that change keeps ...
William Winston, Lynne F Mcclure, 2014
2
Documentary History of Education in Upper Canada
Now, the doctrine laid down, as "of the utmost importance," is that a National System of Education worthy of the name, must be one throughout, founded on 'a broad principle, and inflexibly carried out," is just the doctrine of the Government of ...
Ontario. Dept. of Education, John George Hodgins, 1907
3
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In motor-vehicles the combination of an oscillating slotted one-armed lever c inflexibly pivoted to the engine at w and operated from the main shaft of the motor , with a double-armed lever e inflexibly pivoted to the engine at /, the upper arm of  ...
United States. Patent Office, 1901
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
A rotary mechanism for the transmission of power comprising a primary or driving member, a secondary or driven member, and an inertia member consisting of a number of inertia masses and means so inflexibly interconnecting the three ...
‎1915
5
Education Law: An Essential Guide for Attorneys, Teachers, ...
Inflexibly applied zero tolerance policies have seriously damaged the academic careers of numerous students who are not criminals or violent in any way. The following cases illustrate this point. Although severity of symptoms vary, most ...
Ralph M. Gerstein, Lois Gerstein, 2004
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The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's ...
INFLEXIBLY. FLEXIBLE. Life will change and priorities will shift. This is the nature of creative work. As quickly as ideas are formed and put in motion, the entire playing field will often change and require new insights, new executions, and ...
Todd Henry, 2011
7
Sexual Attraction in Therapy: Clinical Perspectives on ...
'Emotion. Schemas'. and. Responding. Flexibly. or. Inflexibly. to. Sexual. Attraction. in. Therapy. Earlier CBT models have stressed the experience of emotion as being primarily an outcome of cognitive processing. Emotion is thus seen as, ...
Maria Luca, 2013
8
A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
Obi'I'Ract, obdu-ra-se, 8. Inflexible wickedness; confirmed impenitence ; hardness of heart. Obi>URate, ob'du-rate, a. (obdttro, Lat.) Inflexibly obstinate in wickedness ; hardened in heart; impenitent; unyielding; stubborn; harsh ; rugged.
John Craig (F.G.S.), 1849
9
A New Universal, Technological, Etymological, and ...
OBDURACY, ob'du-ra-se, «. Inflexible wickedness; confirmed impenitence ; hardness of heart. OBDURATE, ob'du-nite, n. (obduro, Lat) Inflexibly obstinate in wickedness ; hardened in heart ; impenitent ; unyielding ; stubborn ; harsh ; rugged.
John Craig, 1854
10
Growing Good Hearts: The Rooting Years
A child who is inflexibly focused like Olivia puts a parent's patience to the test. Awake, the infant is unresponsive to outside stimuli. It is not the infant who is inflexibly focused while sucking a thumb that is troublesome, but the one who becomes ...
Candace A. Croft, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFLEXIBLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inflexibly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mules Are Meant for Barns, Not Courtrooms
But more often than not, lawyers who inflexibly hew to a position rather than consider alternatives do themselves harm. When the sands are ... «The National Law Journal, Jun 15»
2
Bairstow's brilliance changes Yorkshire's day
... a cricket match, of taking rules of engagement that apply inflexibly to other players and disregarding them in a welter of magnificent strokes. «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jun 15»
3
Osborne's Lasting Legacy: Politics or Ideology?
“The government's budget position is not independent of the rest of the economy, and if it chooses to try to inflexibly run surpluses, and therefore no longer ... «The Market Mogul, Jun 15»
4
Feat of a humongous rainbow force, punishingly achieved
The vast resources and energies of the world's largest democracy inflexibly and single-mindedly commandeered, the half-hour yoga tableau on ... «Calcutta Telegraph, Jun 15»
5
Daily Jefferson: June 20, 1803 Letter to Meriwether Lewis
... superior force authorised, or not authorised by a nation, should be arrayed against your further passage, and inflexibly determined to arrest it, ... «Patheos, Jun 15»
6
Love Letter to My Non-ADHD Spouse: Marriage Truths
Even though I might often complain that you are too bossy, over-organized, and inflexibly scheduled, I need the structure you bring to my life. I need you to stop ... «ADDitude, Jun 15»
7
Moral awakening
The Senate should be inflexibly dedicated to advancing the common good. Yet, if political life is indeed among the highest forms of charity, as Pope Francis has ... «The Catholic Register, Jun 15»
8
Running a Government Budget as if It Were a Household Budget Is …
The government's budget position is not independent of the rest of the economy, and if it chooses to try to inflexibly run surpluses, and therefore ... «Dissident Voice, Jun 15»
9
Hillary Clinton's South Carolina fundraiser hosted by Akim …
Achilles heel: Carson is inflexibly conservative, opposing gay marriage and once saying gay attachments formed in prison provided evidence ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
10
Jeb Bush hammers Hillary Clinton on press access after her …
Achilles heel: Carson is inflexibly conservative, opposing gay marriage and once saying gay attachments formed in prison provided evidence ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»

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