stick-at-it-ive

[stik-at-it-iv, -i-tiv]

adjective

Informal.

1. stick-to-it-ive.

Other Word Forms

• stick-at-it-iveness noun

Example Sentences

California's best bet was 19-year-old Betty Hicks of Long Beach, a stick-at-it-ive little upstart who had reached the semi-finals of last year's National, had twice drubbed Champion Jameson in Florida tournaments last winter.

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