feistiness

feist·y

 (fī′stē)
adj. feist·i·er, feist·i·est
1. Full of spirit or determination; plucky or spunky: "Feisty, smart, and courageous child protagonists ... populate [her] fictional world" (Carolyn L. Shute). See Note at andiron.
2. Quarrelsome or aggressive: "A bunch of guys got tipsy ... One of them got feisty and starting swinging punches at the others" (Didi Emmons).

[From feist.]

feist′i·ness n.
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feistiness

(ˈfaɪstɪnəs)
n
the quality or extent of being feisty
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My character will be the same one with a touch of feistiness and rebellion this time.
Gilas Pilipinas coach Yeng Guiao is known for his feistiness along the sidelines apart from his accolades as a multi-titled mentor.
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Constantly battling for independence from Spain, that feistiness comes through in this book, where each of the titles are in Catalan first, then Spanish, then English.
Saints boss Wright said: "People will be looking forward to this game because there has been a bit of feistiness in the past.
Cone said LA Tenorio brought feistiness. Justin Brownlee, on the other hand, plays with 'such a calm.
Craig thinks Brendan's feistiness cost him his job, saying: "More fool him.
Let us now praise famous women, and give thanks for the "courage, steadfastness and feistiness" of Elsie Boyd and her co-conspirators.
Jorgensen, "but, two hundred years after her death, there are no other novels of her life that capture her feistiness, her struggles against society, her romances, and her caustic wit.
Sylvia Bolfe sits in her nursing home, criticizes the food and the staff (all but her trusted confidant and registered nurse, Eleanor) and with humor and feistiness recounts her turbulent life.
Despite Renato's rage at his attaining the unhappy status of widower, his feistiness is sensed along with a feeling that book will, if not end happily, at least conclude with Renato's somewhat triumphant re-emergence back into life, albeit on an uncharted path.
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