单词 | stickability |
释义 | stickabilityn. colloquial. 1. With reference to a person: capacity for endurance; persistence, perseverance; staying power. (The more common sense.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] > staying power lastingnessa1398 unweariness1611 unweariednessa1617 last1622 indefatigationa1646 unweariableness1647 unwearisomeness1649 indefatigability1651 indefatigableness1653 infatigability1709 lasting1762 stamina1803 unweariability1853 staying qualities1856 stickability1858 staying power1859 sitzfleisch1877 bounceback1959 1858 Birmingham Daily Post 5 Feb. 2/5 It was not so much the power of the mind that generally made a great man; it was rather what he might term ‘stickability’. 1888 Voice (N.Y.) 10 May 7/3 Stickability..is the most important ability a farmer can possess. 1905 Brit. Weekly 28 May 193/2 To be able to take rebuffs happily and still go on requires, to use a coined word, ‘stickability’. 1962 Daily Tel. 17 Aug. 18/1 All too many lack any degree of ‘stickability’ and flit from job to job like butterflies. 1976 P. Donovan Relig. Lang. iv. 45 Those engaged in such activities get their stickability..from the quite reasonable assumption that unless someone persists.., there is little chance of any discovery being made. 2003 Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 20 June c3/2 It's about learning to trust the people at Unity and having the ‘stickability’ to stay with it until the end. 2. In literal use, of a substance or material: ability to stick or adhere; stickiness. Somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1877 Times 18 Dec. 7/6 The detritus possesses a newly-discovered property for which he has invented the term ‘stickability’. 1916 McClure's Mag. Nov. 71 (advt.) The new liquid paste..is the last word in convenience, economy and stickability. 2001 Teen's all about You! Winter 20 Take real small sections of hair and slather on some product (for real stickability, try ICE Spiker). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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