Con·tu·ma·cious a.
1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
There is another very, efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. --Hammond.
2. Law Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
Syn: -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong.
-- Con*tu*ma*cious*ly, adv. -- Con*tu*ma*cious*ness, n.
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contumaciously
adv : in a rebellious manner; "he rejected her words rebelliously"
[syn: rebelliously, defiantly]