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
On the other hand, the blunt, unpolished hero of melodrama and romantic fiction has lifted brusqueness and pushfulness to a pedestal not wholly merited.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
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
They have been especially ready to do so, inasmuch as the spirit of work and of pushfulness is in the atmosphere about them, and they have been educated at the same schools as the men.
From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Harry Perry Robinson
Since the Boer War there had been a growing tendency in the Press to under-rate all English effort and to over-praise to England's discredit the superior pushfulness of other nations.
From Out To Win The Story of America in France by Coningsby Dawson
