Defn: The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy. The inflexibility of mechanism. A. Baxter. That grave inflexibility of soul. Churchill. The purity and inflexibility of their faith. T. Warton.
INFLEXIBLE In*flex"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. inflexiblis: cf. F. inflexible. See In- not, and Flexible.]
1. Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
2. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn. "Inflexibleas steel." Miltom. Amanof upright and inflexibletemper . . . can overcome all private fear. Addison.
3. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable. The nature of things is inflexible. I. Watts.
Syn. — — Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting.
INFLEXIBLENESS
In*flex"i*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.
INFLEXIBLY
In*flex"i*bly, adv.
Defn: In an inflexible manner.