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Word entry · 7 letters

adamant

Best crossword clue

"Unyielding"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈæd.ə.mənt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aaadmntStarts with AEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

Word origin

From Middle English adamant, adamaunt, from Latin adamantem, accusative singular form of adamās (“hard as steel”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμαντ- (adámant-, “invincible”), oblique stem of ἀδάμας (adámas). Doublet of diamond.

Used in a sentence

  • Broiles and Kirkley were adamant about getting out of the lawsuit, but Mike and Dee were equally adamant about not wanting to sign a letter of apology
  • Johan is determined to play the field and adamant about never committing.
  • What good would such foolishness do a mountain man? But Pa had been adamant. Just as he'd been adamant about their reading, writing, numbers, geography, and languages. Just as he'd been adamant about using proper grammar

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