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Meanings of gumptious in English

Working hard to promote an enterprise.

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Examples for "energetic"
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This high affinity binding is opposed, however, by a large energetic penalty.
Pubmed
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Wise, as energetic; persevering, as enterprising; brave in reverse, as unassuming in.
The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation
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Give him more butt; be careful; be more energetic; certainly, all right.
Lines in Pleasant Places: Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler
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Hutchings's political beliefs come to the fore in his energetic live shows.
The Guardian
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Alcoholics tend to number the most energetic and fantastic people I know.
Reuters
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The industrious would get no more for their labor than the idle.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 5,...
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The obnoxious counties were the most populous and most industrious in Scotland.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part F. / From...
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The natives who live in the coast regions are intelligent and industrious.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
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I think the industrious GeekDad community could design that cost downwards significantly.
Wired
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So industrious a class of inhabitants does not exist in the world.
The Uprising of a Great People / The United States in 1861. to W...
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I mean, it was really a great team of up-and-coming young men.
Independent.ie
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Details: The festival is free and showcases both established and up-and-coming musicians.
Ebony
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And that is turning into a real business opportunity for up-and-coming movie-makers.
BBC
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Startz hopes to use as a vehicle to break up-and-coming Latin artists.
Reuters
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What the execs were hoping to teach their up-and-coming young point-of-view star.
Existence
Usage of gumptious in English
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Goes down sessions to see that they don't get too gumptious and kick off the swaddlin' clothes.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
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"Now the town beadle is bumptious, and Mrs. Avenel is gumptious."
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
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"She was always-notexactly proud like, but what I calls gumptious."
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
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"Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is Bumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a parson.
"My Novel" — Volume 04
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"Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is gumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a Parson.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
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"In course, sir, all gumptious folks are; they value themselves on their respectability, and looks down on their neighbours."
"My Novel" — Volume 04
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"In course, sir, all gumptious folks are; they value themselves on their respectability, and looks down on their neighbors."
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
Gumptious through the time