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Webster 1913 Edition


Inflexible

In-flex′i-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
inflexiblis
: cf. F.
inflexible
. See
In-
not, and
Flexible
.]
1.
Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
2.
Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.
“
Inflexible
as steel.”
Miltom.
A man of upright and
inflexible
temper . . . can overcome all private fear.
Addison.
3.
Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
Syn. – – Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting.