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Contumaciously

Contumacious \Con`tu*ma"cious\, a. [L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy.]

  1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.

    There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.
    --Hammond.

  2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.
    --Blackstone.

    Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n.

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contumaciously

adv. In a contumacious manner

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contumaciously

adv. in a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously" [syn: rebelliously, defiantly]

Usage examples of "contumaciously".

And, since my body was no longer in their clutches, they none the less sentenced me to death as contumaciously absent, and my effigy was burnt in the holy fires they lighted, amongst the human candles which they offered up for the greater honour and glory of a merciful God.