unpliably

English

Etymology

From unpliable +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unpliably (comparative more unpliably, superlative most unpliably)

1. In an unpliable manner.
   • 1862, [William] Wilkie Collins, chapter XI, in No Name. […], volume I, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Co., […], →OCLC, 1st scene (Combe-Raven, Somesetshire), page 151:

     The nature of the man, unpliably antagonistic to the world and the world's customs, might justify some such interpretation of his conduct as this.

   • 1902, Edwin Hurry Fenwick, Obscure Diseases of the Urethra, page 30:

     They disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.