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
The Tanglefoot," continued Sheila, while a sigh of sheer rapture rose from the crowd, "is pre-eminently the car for a medical man or pushful undertaker.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 by Various
They had a pushful bustling “wide-awake” firm of solicitors, who let not a point escape.
From Bardell v. Pickwick by Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington
He had only joined the riot from youthful exuberance and a desire to be "in the hearse," as an old Scottish lady once bitterly observed of a too pushful mourner at her husband's funeral.
From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian
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
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