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adamant Definition

ada·mant (adə mənt, -mant′)

noun

  1. in ancient times, a hard stone or substance that was supposedly unbreakable
  2. Old Poet. unbreakable hardness

Etymology: ME & OFr < L adamas (gen. adamantis), the hardest metal < Gr adamas (gen. adamantos) < a-, not + daman, to subdue: see tame

adjective

  1. too hard to be broken
  2. not giving in or relenting; unyielding

adamant Related Forms
ada·mantly adverb
adamant Synonyms

adamant

modif.

fixed, inflexible, set, settled; see inflexible, resolute 2. See syn. study atinflexible.

adamant Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • need: A bright Cypriot girl was more adamant about this need for someone to be at fault than anyone I have ever taught.

Preposition: that

  • company: Despite the exhilaration of change, Rose is adamant that the company is now looking for a period of stability.
  • club: Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey is adamant that the club 's stance regarding Hoddle has not changed.
  • man: Marx was adamant that man can never be truly happy or free in a capitalistic society.
  • work: However, he was adamant that little work had gone on on the protection level and I accept that evidence from him.
  • people: Greens are adamant that people should know what they are consuming.
  • grower: Whatever action is taken, Andrew Richards is adamant that growers.. .

Preposition: on

  • point: The Secretary of State and her Ministers have been absolutely adamant on this point.

Modifies a noun

  • opposition: Union officials have not been surprised by the BBC's adamant opposition to union recognition in the NHU.

Modifying Another Word

  • equally: He was equally adamant that time was of the very essence.
  • absolutely: The doctors had been absolutely adamant that she wasn't going to get better.
  • quite: Q. You were quite adamant earlier on that you hadn't touched her.
  • so: Why am I so adamant in my condemnation of the monopoly?
  • still: Nonetheless, Taylor is still adamant he is the man to put things right.
  • also: She was also adamant her children got the support they needed.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: Tony Blair remains adamant that we will not change the way we live.
  • seem: Jill had also seemed pretty adamant he wasn't in love with her.
  • become: People talk about being bullish or bearish and become very adamant about the direction they believe their interests will travel.
adamant Quotes

When Eve upon the first of Men The apple pressed with specious cant, Oh! what a thousand pities then That Adam was not Adamant!

—Honorius of Autun

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