unpliably

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From unpliable +‎ -ly.

Adverb[edit]

unpliably (comparative more unpliably, superlative most unpliably)

  1. In an unpliable manner.
    • 1862, [William] Wilkie Collins, chapter XI, in No Name. [], volume I, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., [], →OCLC, 1st scene (Combe-Raven, Somesetshire), page 151:
      The nature of the man, unpliably antagonistic to the world and the world's customs, might justify some such interpretation of his conduct as this.
    • 1902, Edwin Hurry Fenwick, Obscure Diseases of the Urethra, page 30:
      They disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.