The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unbending \Un*bend"ing\, a. [In senses 1, 2, and 3, pref. un- not + bending; in sense 4, properly p. pr. unbend.]
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Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.
Flies o'er unbending corn, and skims along the main.
--Pope. Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.
Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.
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Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [R.]
It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour.
--Rowe. [1913 Webster] -- Un*bend"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*bend"ing*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. Without bending; with rigid adherence to a principle etc.
Usage examples of "unbendingly".
Was it because they were too unbendingly alike that they fought and could not come to terms, as Janyn had said?