pushful
adjective
self-assertive and aggressive; pushing.
pushfulness
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a word derived from
pushful.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
It was because she snubbed him on account of his pushfulness that Vandam elected to belittle her.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Horace Wyndham
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
