gutsy
adjective
having a great deal of courage or nerve.
gutsiest
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superlativeof gutsy.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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For the team’s oldest player, it was among the gutsiest seasons in franchise history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
Clemson: In what has been an up-and-down year, the Tigers may have earned their gutsiest win of the season.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2021
All they needed to know was that Morton did one of the gutsiest things they have ever seen.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021
In his first victory, in 2010, Mr. Bream’s 1989 BMW 3-Series beat 100 other cars at Buttonwillow Raceway in Bakersfield, where Southern California’s gutsiest speed-shop mechanics compete.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2020
“That’s one of the gutsiest things that I’ve seen, when he was embracing the booing, and that type of stuff. That took a lot of cojones, as they say,” seven-time Grand Slam champion McEnroe said.
From Reuters ● Jan. 16, 2020
