plucky
[ pluhk-ee ]
/ ˈplʌk i /
adjective, pluck·i·er, pluck·i·est.
having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
SYNONYMS FOR plucky
OTHER WORDS FROM plucky
pluck·i·ly, adverb pluck·i·ness, nounWords nearby plucky
plu,
plu.,
pluck,
pluck up,
pluck up one's courage,
plucky,
plug,
plug and feathers,
plug and play,
plug away at,
plug casting
Example sentences from the Web for pluckiness
President Obama acknowledged the pluckiness of Bostonians when he spoke just hours after the attack.
They were decidedly in the wrong, but one cannot but admire their pluckiness.
The Story of London |Henry B. WheatleyIt is no more than he ought to have done, for your pluckiness saved Flurry.
Esther |Rosa Nouchette CareyIt was beautiful, the pluckiness of it, the impudence of it.
Following the Equator, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
British Dictionary definitions for pluckiness
plucky
/ (ˈplʌkɪ) /
adjective pluckier or pluckiest
having or showing courage in the face of difficulties, danger, etc