adamantly(副词):坚决地;坚定不移地;固执地,强调态度或立场不让步。(也可带有“顽固”的语气,视语境而定。)
/ˈædəməntli/
She adamantly refused to apologize.
她坚决拒绝道歉。
Despite the evidence, he adamantly insisted that he was right, which made the discussion impossible.
尽管证据摆在眼前,他仍固执地坚持自己是对的,这让讨论无法进行。
adamantly 来自形容词 adamant(坚硬的、不可动摇的),其词根可追溯到希腊语 adamas,意为“不可征服、不可破碎的”(a- “不” + dam- “驯服/征服”)。最初与“像钻石一样坚硬”相关,后来引申为“态度坚决、不动摇”。副词形式加 -ly 构成 “adamantly”。