资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Contumacious \Con`tu*ma"cious\, a. [L. contumax, -acis. See
{Contumacy}.]
1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate;
perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
There is another very, efficacious method for
subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.
--Hammond.
2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a
court. --Blackstone.
Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse;
unyielding; headstrong. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Con`tu*ma"cious*ness}, n.
资料来源 : WordNet®
contumaciously
adv : in a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously"
[syn: {rebelliously}, {defiantly}]