feisty
adjective
full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky.
feistily
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a word derived from
feisty.
Example Sentences
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At 94, author and humorist Judith Viorst remains as feistily funny—and honest—as ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
But otherwise, only she has remained relatively unscathed, her popularity now expanded beyond her field as she feistily fends off Trump trolls on Twitter.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2023
The household of his youth was liberal, Jewish, feistily intellectual and musical: His father was a lawyer and amateur violinist, and his mother was a former piano teacher.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
Less than five feet tall, she was feistily defiant.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 14, 2018
But Ginsburg forces her way in, feistily contradicting all Scalia says but in total defense of her friend's right to say it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2015
