set in one's ways

English

Adjective

set in one 's ways

(idiomatic) Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.
- 1913, E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton, ch. 20,
  He's as set in his ways now as a little old man.

Synonyms

headstrong, inflexible

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