REFRACTORILY
Etymology
Adverb
refractorily (comparative more refractorily, superlative most refractorily)
In a refractory manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*frac"to*ri*ly (r*frk"t*r*l), adv.
Definition: In a refractory manner; perversely; obstinately.
REFRACTORY
Re*frac"to*ry (-r), a. Etym: [L. refractorius, fr. refringere: cf. F.
refractaire. See Refract.]
1. Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable;
as, a refractory child; a refractory beast.
Raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory. Shak.
2. Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or
the like; -- said especially of metals and the like, which do not
readily yield to heat, or to the hammer; as, a refractory ore.
Syn.
– Perverse; contumacious; unruly; stubborn; obstinate; unyielding;
ungovernable; unmanageable.
Re*frac"to*ry, n.
1. A refractory person. Bp. Hall.
2. Refractoriness. [Obs.] Jer. TAylor.
3. OPottery) A piece of ware covered with a vaporable flux and placed
in a kiln, to communicate a glaze to the other articles. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition