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Meaning of 'adamantine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Adamantine [ a.]
- Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.
- Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

Meaning of 'adamantine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . adamantine [ s]
Meaning (1):
- impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
Example in sentence:
  • an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency;
  • Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him;
  • he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind

Nearby Words:

adact adactyl adactylous adage adagial adagio adam adam's apple adamant adamantean

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