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

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No estimate of Mr. Klein could be called complete which did not take account of his grit and stick-to-it-iveness.
The Footlights Fore and Aft|Channing Pollock
So it has been done, and can be done in your case; but it all depends upon you, your zeal and your stick-to-it-iveness.
The Art of Stage Dancing|Ned Wayburn
The light prairie soil, when thoroughly saturated, is capable of very great volatility and yet of stick-to-it-iveness.
Thirty Years in the Itinerancy|Wesson Gage Miller
The "stick-to-it-iveness" of the Anglo-Saxon is largely wanting.
The Gist of Japan|R. B. Peery

It is unconquerableness, heroism, stick-to-it-iveness, or whatever you have a mind to call it.
21|Frank Crane

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stick-to-it-iveness

or stick-to-it·ive·ness

noun Informal.

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stick-to-it-iveness

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noun Informal.

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