inflexible
/ɪnˈflɛksəbl̩/ adjective C2- Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent.
- Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits.
- Not able to be changed or adapted to circumstances.
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Yet even without knowing his brilliant record one could not fail to be impressed by a mere glance at the man, the square, massive face, the brooding eyes under the thatched brows, and the granite moulding of the inflexible jaw.
All I ask is, that Villefort will be firm and inflexible for the future in his political principles.
The king is either a king or no king; if he be acknowledged as sovereign of France, he should be upheld in peace and tranquillity; and this can best be effected by employing the most inflexible agents to put down every attempt at conspiracy—’tis the best and surest means of preventing mischief.”
He was, however, the same Cocles, good, patient, devoted, but inflexible on the subject of arithmetic, the only point on which he would have stood firm against the world, even against M.
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