Scrappy vs Scrappiness - What's the difference?
scrappy | scrappiness |
Consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency.
(informal) Having an aggressive spirit; inclined to fight or strive.
* 2012 , Mark Rice-Oxley, Underneath the Lemon Tree
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Lexington
, title= The state or quality of being scrappy
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 21, author=The New York Times, title=Art in Review, work=New York Times
, passage=Still, Mr. Pylypchuk has fashioned an intricate crazy quilt from little more than old socks and flannels, picking through the ruins of a troubled American city while paying tribute to the scrappiness of its residents. }}
As an adjective scrappy
is consisting of scraps; fragmentary; lacking unity or consistency.As a noun scrappiness is
the state or quality of being scrappy.scrappy
English
Adjective
(er)- In those days PGS [Portsmouth Grammar School] was full of sadistic staff and scrappy boys called things like Smudger, Muzz and Titch.
Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}
Synonyms
* (fragmentary): disconnected * (aggressive): feisty; pugnaciousscrappiness
English
Noun
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