|
Adverb for deeply embedded and thus difficult to remove, especially physically
“He moved quietly up the stained stone stoop; impressions of dead leaves and ingrained dirt gave the granite stairway a pepper-like color.”
Adverb for innate or instinctive to a person or thing
“Our effortless manipulation of meaning is highly systematic, and relies on an ingrained ability to recognize structure in language.”
Adverb for firmly established and unlikely to change, especially of a habit or belief
“The very name of chaos would prove our ingrained faith in causality, for it is a negation of causality, and we could not deny causality without first having conceived it.”
Adverb for impossible to erase or remove
Adverb for done constantly or regularly to a severe degree
(of an idea or opinion) Adverb for rigid and inflexible
Adverb for traditionally, or generally, recognized and accepted
Adverb for unable to be disputed or questioned
Adverb for having an exaggerated perception of one's positive qualities
Adverb for stubbornly, and usually unreasonably, holding to an opinion, decision or purpose
Related Words and Phrases
|
