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Webster 1913 Edition


Inflexibility

In-flex′i-bil′i-ty

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
inflexibilité
.]
The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.
The
inflexibility
of mechanism.
A. Baxter.
That grave
inflexibility
of soul.
Churchill.
The purity and
inflexibility
of their faith.
T. Warton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inflexibility

INFLEXIBIL'ITY


Definition 2024


inflexibility

inflexibility

English

Noun

inflexibility (usually uncountable, plural inflexibilities)

  1. The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; obstinacy.

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References

  • inflexibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913