pluckier; pluckiest
pluckily adverb
pluckiness noun

Examples of plucky in a Sentence

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The film follows an Anna Wintour-like fashion media mogul (Meryl Streep) who tests the grit of a plucky young assistant (Anne Hathaway), who gets by with a little help from friends like Nigel, the fictional magazine's witty art director. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2025 His plucky nickname—born from the ‘Loosey-goosey’ rhyme and shared with his father—is less of a hand-me-down and more of a savvy branding decision. Mike Dojc, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025 This special broadcast, which has been mostly lost to the sands of time, featured text bubbles that would flash on the screen each time East High Drama Club co-president Ryan Evans or plucky teen pianist Kelsi Nielsen donned a new hat, tallying the numbers to reveal an eventual victor. Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025 The series follows nine-year-old Pippi, a plucky girl with a pair of quirky plaits who moves to a Swedish village following the death of her parents. Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plucky

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of plucky was in 1840

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“Plucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plucky. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.

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plucky

adjective
pluckier; pluckiest

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