pushful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- pushfully adverb
- pushfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of pushful
Example Sentences
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This action clearly certified the future of super-industry in Alabama and endorsed the condition Birmingham has in mind when, like pushful Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles, it calls itself "Greater Birmingham."
From Time Magazine Archive
Having discovered his niche, the pushful Smith soon had his fingers in several other pies.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace
The result is that while the little man often seems vain and pushful, the giant usually is very tame, and modest, and unobtrusive.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
Here he had Thurlow, the future lord chancellor, as a fellow-clerk, and it is stated that Thurlow promised to help his less pushful comrade in the days of realized ambition.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
This is the work of one pushful, shoving creature, a man named Harman.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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