pushful
adjective
self-assertive and aggressive; pushing.
pushfulness
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a word derived from
pushful.
Example Sentences
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Alas, he took not the slightest interest in politics, nor in the business affairs of his house, and the proverbial urbanity and pushfulness of the Medici were alike absent.
From The Tragedies of the Medici by Edgcumbe Staley
Giovanni has the air of a prosperous and unpretending Florentine tradesman, but with a certain obvious parade of his lack of pushfulness.
From The Story of Florence by Edmund G. Gardner
The Frenchman knows it all; he regrets that such creatures should be his own compatriots—regrets, maybe, that he is not possessed of the same primordial pushfulness and insensibility; and shrugs his shoulders in civilized despair.
From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Norman Douglas
Where could you have a more salient and striking example of pushfulness and determination to "get there" over all obstacles?
From Mr. Punch Awheel The Humours of Motoring and Cycling by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
In this whirl of avarice, egotism, and pushfulness, Helmsley had lived nearly all his life, always conscious of, and longing for, something better—something truer and more productive of peace and lasting good.
From The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches by Marie Corelli
