stick-to-it-ive

stick-to-it-ive
stick-to-it-iveness, n.
/stik'tooh"i tiv, -it iv/, adj. Informal.
tenaciously resolute; persevering: Stick-to-it-ive people get ahead in life.
[1865-70, Amer.; stick to it + -IVE]

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