Definitions
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- noun The quality of being
pushy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun offensive boldness and assertiveness
Etymologies
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Examples
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I've tweeted new releases and encouraged links, but I'm wary of too many blog entries serving as simply sales pitches; pushiness and self-publishing can be ... counter-productive, I think.
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The beginnings of that alienation come simply from being a male candidate engaging in vigorous debate with a woman -- New York Senate candidate Rick Lazio learned this lesson back in the 2000 election, when his pushiness in debates against Hillary Clinton was perceived as creepy and sexist, and wound up hurting him.
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I've tweeted new releases and encouraged links, but I'm wary of too many blog entries serving as simply sales pitches; pushiness and self-publishing can be ... counter-productive, I think.
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More important than her pushiness – or lack of it – was, says Judy, the existence of Jamie, Andy's brother, who's 15 months older.
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Using publicity, politics and a bit of pushiness, Mr. Fernandes has now become a big dog of the Asian skies.
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This attitude was not one of pushiness on my mother's part, but an extreme pride in her children.
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Pushy President's popularity plunges as polls prove pushiness pisses people off.
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What is perceived as pushiness at Centre Court is arguably just mad-keen enthusiasm for the game.
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There are all sorts of reasons why X earns more than Y in most offices, including talent, hard work, low cunning and pushiness.
Coalition sheds light on senior Whitehall salaries – but to what purpose?
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If he was surprised by my pushiness, he hid it pretty well.
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