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Definition of "adamantine" []
- Made of or resembling adamant. (adjective)
- Having the hardness or luster of a diamond. (adjective)
- Unyielding; inflexible: "If there is one dominant trait that emerges from this account, it is adamantine willpower” ( Eugene Linden). (adjective)
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Use "adamantine" in a sentence
- "Maybe it's the word adamantine's magnetic lure and"
- "AVING contributed to bring into notice the mineral fubftance from the EafUIndiesi which is generally called adamantine fpar, I beg leave to lay before the Royal Society tho following account of its hiftory and introdu£kion."
- "The word 'adamantine' is connected with the Greek adamas, meaning 'unconquerable.'"
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