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They are not quite so adamantly opposed to entitlement reform, in other words, as most Republicans are to tax increases.It helps that Republicans such as Paul Ryan, a congressman and former vice-presidential candidate beloved by spending hawks, have proposed such radical overhauls that the sorts of reforms Mr Obama discussed last year look like mere tinkering around the edges.
Mr Hussein has adamantly refused to accept the return of weapons inspectors, and he may see little reason to change his mind as long as he is winning the propaganda battle and the current sanctions regime is so ineffective.
Although Gustav Humbert, boss of Airbus, offered to resign as soon as the delays were made public, Noël Forgeard, the co-chief executive of EADS responsible for Airbus, adamantly refused to go.
Until it recently backed down, it had cited environmental concerns for refusing adamantly for five years to meet the International Ski Federation's request to raise the starting-point of the men's downhill race to a higher altitude, in order to create a longer and more testing course than the hopelessly short one originally planned.
Just days after the American election, the Canadian prime minister proposed a continental cap-and-trade system to control carbon emissions something the oil industry in Canada adamantly opposed.
The Clinton administration adamantly opposes this, and has threatened a veto.
This was something that Binyamin Netanyahu, his predecessor as prime minister, had adamantly opposed.After that, Mr Barak may be helped in the negotiations by the fact that the Israeli party dedicated to preventing the surrender of the Golan lost all its seats at the election.
Yet Mr Fischer adamantly defended his supporters in a recent interview with our correspondent".The sponsoring of my campaign is absolutely normal.
In Britain, it is the idea of tweaking fiscal policy that is politically fraught.The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, is adamantly sticking to his plan to eradicate the structural budget deficit during this parliament, in the face of claims that he is throttling the recovery.
Many NGOs and hydrologists are adamantly opposed.As it is, the environment is the second most frequent subject of public protests after disputes over land, according to Mr Pan.
"I want to be your friend, your ally and your partner".A more homely repast, perhaps including the hamburgers that Mr Sarkozy adamantly professes to like, awaited Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel as she headed for the presidential ranch in Crawford, Texas.
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The primary grammatical function of "adamantly" is to act as an adverb , modifying verbs to emphasize the firmness and inflexibility of an action or statement. Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage, and the examples illustrate how it intensifies the meaning of verbs like "refuse", "deny", and "oppose".
Expression frequency: Very common
