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stick-to-itiveness

stick-to-itiveness is the alternative spelling 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-itiveness

From stick-to-itive + -ness.

Questions about stick-to-itiveness

What is stick-to-itiveness the alternative spelling of?
Stick-to-itiveness is the alternative spelling of sticktoitiveness.

Words near stick-to-itiveness in the dictionary

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

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