Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [spuhng-kee]
- /ˈspʌŋ ki/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [spuhng-kee]
- /ˈspʌŋ ki/
Definitions of spunkiness word
- adjective spunkiness plucky; spirited. 1
- noun spunkiness the quality of being spirited and courageous 0
- noun spunkiness sexual attractiveness 0
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Origin of spunkiness
First appearance:
before 1780 One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1780-90; spunk + -y1
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Parts of speech for Spunkiness
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spunkiness popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
spunkiness usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spunkiness
adverb spunkiness
- gamely — in a game or plucky manner: They struggled gamely.
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