pluckier; pluckiest
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Much has been said about Bella's plain-Jane persona, but Stewart's earnest performance vivifies the character with a plucky yet lovesick duality that also grounds the film's lofty fantasy sequences.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Based on Harold Gray’s comic strip, the Tony-winning musical follows a plucky orphan and her dog who find an unlikely home with Daddy Warbucks.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Along the way, though, Dylan’s transformation from frisky, plucky folk upstart — a walking, talking, cap-wearing version of the Anthology of Folk Music collection everyone was discovering at the time — to master of his domain is heard in large and small ways.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
The Bills are reeling, with two straight losses, and now face a plucky team in a hostile environment.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Based on Harold Gray’s comic strip, the Tony-winning musical follows a plucky orphan and her dog who find an unlikely home with Daddy Warbucks.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Along the way, though, Dylan’s transformation from frisky, plucky folk upstart — a walking, talking, cap-wearing version of the Anthology of Folk Music collection everyone was discovering at the time — to master of his domain is heard in large and small ways.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
The Bills are reeling, with two straight losses, and now face a plucky team in a hostile environment.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Plucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plucky. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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