Modifying Another Word

• so: By more subtle methods he got what he wanted without having seemed so obdurate.

• very: The chairman said ' You're a very obdurate young man ' .

Modifies a noun

• mind: This concession to the general practitioner may have indicated a gentle ' wind of change ' beginning to stir obdurate official minds.

• resistance: On three substantive issues, historians are likely, however, to maintain obdurate resistance to intellectual fashions that already look dated.

• character: Durbach is an obdurate character with a good touch into the front court.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: And if he doesn't regret it, and remains obdurate, we shall just have to kill him.

• continue: This ought to have been enough for me, but I continued obdurate.