| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.[Websters]
2. Being practical, utilitarian, realistic, pragmatic or businesslike. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being stubborn, obstinate, opinionated, headstrong or obdurate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being unyielding, uncompromising or unbending. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being sensible or judicious. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being pigheaded or bullheaded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being handy or convenient. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being stiff or tough. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being mulish, self-willed, wayward or wilful. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb hard-headedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hard-headedly) | 1. In a practical, realistic, pragmatic or down-to-earth manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. In a stubborn, self-willed, bullheaded or stiff-necked manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a pigheaded, wayward or pertinacious manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a stiff, dour or persistent manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a shrewd or politic manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hard-headed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HARD-HEADED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references) |
