Usually means: Stubbornly and unreasonably refusing change.
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  1. mulishly: Merriam-Webster
  2. mulishly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mulishly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. mulishly: Vocabulary.com
  5. mulishly: Wordnik
  6. mulishly: Wiktionary
  7. mulishly: Dictionary.com
  8. mulishly: Rhymezone
  9. mulishly: FreeDictionary.org
  10. mulishly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. mulishly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mulishly: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a mulish manner.

Similar:
cussedly, stubbornly, obstinately, obdurately, pig-headedly, mopishly, mousily, mushily, mealily, mussily, more...

Opposite:
flexibly, pliantly, adaptably

Types:
obstinate, stubborn, headstrong, contrary, cussed, ornery, perverse, obdurate, more...

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Similar:
cussedly, stubbornly, obstinately, obdurately, pig-headedly, mopishly, mousily, mushily, mealily, mussily, more...

Opposite:
flexibly, pliantly, adaptably

Types:
obstinate, stubborn, headstrong, contrary, cussed, ornery, perverse, obdurate, more...



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