plucky
[ pluhk-ee ]
/ ˈplʌk i /
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adjective, pluck·i·er, pluck·i·est.
having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
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pluck·i·ly, adverbpluck·i·ness, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use plucky in a sentence
President Obama acknowledged the pluckiness of Bostonians when he spoke just hours after the attack.
They were decidedly in the wrong, but one cannot but admire their pluckiness.
The Story of London|Henry B. WheatleyIt is no more than he ought to have done, for your pluckiness saved Flurry.
Esther|Rosa Nouchette CareyIt was beautiful, the pluckiness of it, the impudence of it.
Following the Equator, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for plucky
plucky
/ (ˈplʌkɪ) /
adjective pluckier or pluckiest
having or showing courage in the face of difficulties, danger, etc
Derived forms of plucky
pluckily, adverbpluckiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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