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



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