Feistily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a feisty manner

    "She pictured the runty Marine general--a veteran of the Nicaraguan campaigns--standing feistily between opposing texts."

Example

More examples

"She pictured the runty Marine general--a veteran of the Nicaraguan campaigns--standing feistily between opposing texts."

Etymology

From feisty + -ly.

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