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go-aheadative

go-aheadative adjective: energetic; animated; tending to push forward with ideas or projects.

Adjective

go-aheadative (comparative more go-aheadative, superlative most go-aheadative)

  1. (archaic, informal) Energetic; animated; tending to push forward with ideas or projects.
    • […] accompanied […] by an essay from an American resident here towards discovering the source of its amazing go-aheadative powers […]1840, John I. Knight, Mechanics Magazine, volume 33, page 73
    • […] under the influence of tea; which, my dear reader, accounts for the go-aheadative propensities of Young America […]1858, The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, page 575

Forms of go-aheadative

comparativemore go-aheadative
superlativemost go-aheadative

Origin of go-aheadative

From go ahead + -ative.

Words formed from go-aheadative

Questions about go-aheadative

What does go-aheadative mean?
Go-aheadative means energetic; animated; tending to push forward with ideas or projects.
What part of speech is go-aheadative?
Go-aheadative is an adjective.

Words near go-aheadative in the dictionary

  1. go wrong
  2. go yard
  3. go'n
  4. go'on
  5. go-ahead
  6. go-aheadative
  7. go-aheadativeness
  8. go-aheads
  9. go-along
  10. go-alongs
  11. go-around

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