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Definition of Pushful
1. Adjective. Marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative. "A pushful insurance agent"
Definition of Pushful
1. Adjective. pushy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pushful
1. pushy [adj] - See also: pushy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pushful
Literary usage of Pushful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs of a Session: Being a Lyric Record of Parliamentary Doings During 1896 by Mostyn Turtle Pigott (1896)
"... PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM "pushful JOE." DO I sleep ? Do I dream ? Have I reason to
doubt ? Are things what they seem ? Or is madness about ? ..."
2. Joseph Chamberlain: An Honest Biography by Alexander Mackintosh (1906)
"... In " The Orchid" at the Gaiety Theatre an actor, made up to resemble Mr.
Chamberlain, was applauded when he sang:— pushful, ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1898)
"We cannot, it is alleged, afford to wait for the chance of indirect benefits, a
pushful policy pays better. Indeed, we are bound to assume that most persons ..."
4. The English Illustrated Magazine (1905)
"For one thing, the ideals by which pushful men live are so painfully obvious;
they have no surprises for us; we can almost predicate their action in any ..."
5. Mogreb-el-Acksa: A Journey in Morocco. by Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1898)
"... practical and pushful man spare neither horses on the road, ... the public of
one iota of his " facts," for to the pushful is the kingdom of the earth. ..."
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