Pushful
//ˈpʊʃfʊl// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Energetic; pushy.
"All grades pass before you, from the pushful American commercial man interested in a patent medicine, to the proud Indian Rajah with his turbaned suite; from the variety actress to the daughter of a peer, or the wife of a millionaire pork-butcher doing Europe."
Adjective
- 1 marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative wordnet
Example
More examples"All grades pass before you, from the pushful American commercial man interested in a patent medicine, to the proud Indian Rajah with his turbaned suite; from the variety actress to the daughter of a peer, or the wife of a millionaire pork-butcher doing Europe."
Etymology
From push + -ful.
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