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Definition of Inflexibleness
1. Noun. A lack of physical flexibility.
Generic synonyms: Rigidity, Rigidness
Antonyms: Flexibility
Derivative terms: Inflexible, Inflexible
Definition of Inflexibleness
1. n. The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.
Definition of Inflexibleness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness. ¹
2. Noun. Obstinacy of will or temper; firmness of purpose that will not yield to importunity or persuasion; unbending pertinacity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inflexibleness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inflexibleness
Literary usage of Inflexibleness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sacred Classics: Or, Cabinet Library of Divinity by Henry Stebbing, Richard Cattermole (1835)
"... and cannot but observe a certain inflexibleness of Providence herein; and tbat
it is very little apt to divert from its wonted course. ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1874)
"Yet the modes of its action have been determined, and they furnish the most
splendid example we know oi the inflexibleness and exactitude of what are called ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1874)
"Yet the modes of its action have determined, and they furnish the most splendid
example we kno the inflexibleness and exactitude of what are called the laws ..."
4. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"... and a more common detriment to all the Grecians, if through your inflexibleness
we miscarry. Be you therefore men such as the Grecians esteem you, ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"inflexibleness, \in-neks'-e-bi-nes) ) ns Stiffness; quality of resisting flexure ;
obstinacy ; temper not to be bent. INFLEXIBLE, (in-fleks'-e-bl) a. ..."
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