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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The quality or state of being feisty uncountable

   "They didn't think she had the feistiness the part required."

2. 2
   The quality or state of being tenacious, energetic, spunky. wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

scrappiness

Example

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"They didn't think she had the feistiness the part required."

Etymology

From feisty + -ness.

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