feistily

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English

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Etymology

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From feisty +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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feistily (comparative more feistily, superlative most feistily)

  1. In a feisty manner
    • 1988 January 29, Michael Miner, “Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      She pictured the runty Marine general--a veteran of the Nicaraguan campaigns--standing feistily between opposing texts.