what does adamant mean?
ADAMANT as NOUN
- Meaning
- very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
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Hypernyms(s) adamant is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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ADAMANT as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course
- unsusceptible to persuasion
- she would have none of him”- W.Churchill
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Usage Example(s)
- he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind
- Cynthia was inexorable
- an intransigent conservative opposed to every libera
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