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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: contumaciously adv : in a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously" [syn: {rebelliously}, {defiantly}]
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