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Quality or state of being full of animation, energy, or courage; Also: Quality or state of being ill-tempered or pugnacious. Also: Quality or state of being troublesome or difficult;

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  • Your feistiness has been the talk of the entire village.
  • It was the same kind of feistiness the Rays displayed in spring training during a dustup with the
  • I think it’s a kind of feistiness, perhaps engendered by a sense of inferiority to Manhattan.
  • I hope her feistiness sticks with me as I get older.
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