Usage of "pluckiness"

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The trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury.

Synonyms

Examples for "pluck"

Examples for "pluck"

For food, they need merely pluck bananas and mangoes from the trees. 
 The Mammoth Book of Steampunk 

He showed any amount of pluck in the affair with the Indians. 
 The Treasure of the Incas: A Story of Adventure in Peru 

He approached the Bush, and stooped to pluck one of the Roses. 
 The Monk: A Romance 

The women like prowess and the manly virtues of pluck and endurance. 
 As We Go 

Three times now I've stepped in to pluck her out of danger. 
 The amber spyglass 

Usage of pluckiness in anglès

It was beautiful, the pluckiness of it, the impudence of it. 
 The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain 

Western news organisations have produced articles and television segments extolling Bana's pluckiness in the face of fear. 
 The Irish Times 

Her demented pluckiness radicalised the plot. 
 The Guardian 

I'll have to read up on it, she says with the pluckiness of one who fully believes she can change the world. 
 The Guardian 

"It is no more than he ought to have done, for your pluckiness saved Flurry." 
 Esther : a book for girls 

Frequent collocations

Translations for pluckiness

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Pluckiness through the time

Meanings of pluckiness in anglès