Adamantly is how you do something when you will not change your mind. It is the adverb that belongs to adamant. “He adamantly refused.” “They adamantly denied it.” It loves verbs like refuse, deny, oppose, insist — verbs where someone is holding a line.

Adamantly is how you do something when you will not change your mindadamantly是形容你做某件事時，堅持不改變心意的樣子。It is the adverb that belongs to adamant它是adamant的副詞形式。“He adamantly refused.”『He adamantly refused（他堅決拒絕）。』 “They adamantly denied it.”『They adamantly denied it（他們堅決否認）。』 It loves verbs like refuse, deny, oppose, insist它很喜歡搭配refuse、deny、oppose、insist這類動詞 — verbs where someone is holding a line也就是某人堅守立場不退讓的那種動詞。

It is a little formal; in easy talk people more often say “she just wouldn’t change her mind” or “he said no, and he meant it.” Though actually, “adamantly agree” sounds odd to careful ears. If you already agree, there is nothing to stand like a stone against.

It is a little formal這個字有點正式; in easy talk people more often say “she just wouldn’t change her mind” or “he said no, and he meant it.”輕鬆的口語裡，人們比較常說『she just wouldn't change her mind（她就是不肯改變心意）』或『he said no, and he meant it（他說不，而且是認真的）』。Though actually不過, “adamantly agree” sounds odd to careful ears『adamantly agree』聽在講究的耳朵裡會覺得怪怪的。If you already agree如果你本來就同意了, there is nothing to stand like a stone against那就沒有什麼東西需要你像石頭一樣頑固地抵抗。

The word wants resistance: a no, a denial, a wall. Students sometimes clip -ly onto a strong adjective and then use it the way they use “very.” Save this one for the moment someone will not give way.

The word wants resistance這個字要的是抵抗的意味: a no一個拒絕, a denial一個否認, a wall一道牆。Students sometimes clip -ly onto a strong adjective and then use it the way they use “very.”學生有時候會在強烈的形容詞後面隨便加上-ly，然後把它當『very』一樣用。Save this one for the moment someone will not give way請把這個字留給某人堅決不讓步的那個時刻。