Mulish \Mul"ish\ (m[=u]l"[i^]sh), a. Like a mule; sullen; stubborn. -- {Mul"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Mul"ish*ness}, n.
mulishly adv : in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained stubbornly in the same position" [syn: {stubbornly}, {pig-headedly}, {obdurately}, {obstinately}, {cussedly}]