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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Obstinate \Ob"sti*nate\, adjective [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see {Ob-}) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {Destine}.]
1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine. --Sir W. Temple.
No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. --Pope.
Of sense and outward things. --Wordsworth.
2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.
Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See {Stubborn}. -- {Ob"sti*nate*ly}, adverb -- {Ob"sti*nate*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
obstinately
adverb: in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position" [syn: {stubbornly}, {pig-headedly}, {obdurately}, {mulishly}, {cussedly}]
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