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Definition of Pushy
1. Adjective. Marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative. "A pushful insurance agent"
Definition of Pushy
1. Adjective. Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pushy
1. offensively aggressive [adj PUSHIER, PUSHIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pushy
Literary usage of Pushy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"... liy r-iw is auspicious, for the moon passes into the favourable morrow into
mansion of pushy ii ; therefore to-morrow I will install you as ..."
2. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"carrot (Daucus Carota), hedge pushy, к С (Torilis infesta), common fool's pushy (il»
sa Cynapium), ..."
3. Global Infatuation: Explorations in Transnational Publishing and Texts : the by Eva Hemmungs Wirtén (1998)
"It added a nice touch to the pushy Canadian marketing people;" indicating a
version of Eurocentrism that makes Mills £? Boon and John Boon out to be ..."
4. Sermons for the Christian year by John Keble (1880)
"By EB pushy, DD Vol. I. From Advent to Whitsuntide. Seventh Edition. 8vo., cloth,.
Vol. II., 8vo., cl.,. ———^—^— Vol. III. Reprinted from "Plain Sermons by ..."
5. Some Assembly Required by Thom Singer (2005)
"People often wonder if it is okay for salespeople to ask for referrals from their
clients, or if it would be perceived as pushy. ..."
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