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stick-to-it-iveness

stick-to-it-iveness is the alternative form of sticktoitiveness.

Meaning of sticktoitiveness

Noun

sticktoitiveness (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Persistence; determination.
    • There is no success like "sticktoitiveness."1871, The Indiana School Journal

Origin of stick-to-it-iveness

From stick-to-it-ive + -ness.

Questions about stick-to-it-iveness

What is stick-to-it-iveness the alternative form of?
Stick-to-it-iveness is the alternative form of sticktoitiveness.

Words near stick-to-it-iveness in the dictionary

  1. stick-shakers
  2. stick-slip
  3. stick-thin
  4. stick-tight
  5. stick-tights
  6. stick-to-it-iveness
  7. stick-to-itiveness
  8. stick-to-itness
  9. stick-to-your-guns
  10. stick-up
  11. stick-ups

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stick-to-it-iveness (page history and authors); sticktoitiveness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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