stick-to-it-iveness

or stick-to-it·ive·ness

[ stik-too-it-iv-nis ]

/ stɪkˈtu ɪt ɪv nɪs /

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noun Informal.

determination and persistence, especially in spite of difficulties; perseverance: Call it stubbornness or stick-to-it-iveness, but she eventually won support for the proposal.

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Origin of stick-to-it-iveness

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60; from the phrase stick to it + -ive + -ness

Words nearby stick-to-it-iveness

Stick Style, sticktight, stick to, stick together, stick-to-it-ive, stick-to-it-iveness, stick to one's guns, stick to one's last, stick to the ribs, stickum, stickup

How to use stick-to-it-iveness in a sentence

Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.
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He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.
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What 15 months in a federal correction institution will be like, according to a man who counsels to-be inmates.
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After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”
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That means the F-35 will be almost entirely reliant on long-range air-to-air missiles.
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Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
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All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
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You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.
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"Buy something for your wife that-is-to-be," he said to his grand-nephew, as he handed him the folded paper.
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Something remote and ancient stirred in her, something that was not of herself To-day, something half primitive, half barbaric.
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