spunkier; spunkiest
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a spunky determination to make the best of a bad situation
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John's dramatic introduction to thunderstorms, captured so vividly on video, is a reminder of the vulnerability of our most spunky and playful pets.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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Set in 1987, Curves follows Ana, the spunky teenage daughter of Mexican immigrants, who begrudgingly works at her family’s dress factory in East Los Angeles, but has big dreams of her own.
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More spunky than saccharine, Elio spends most of the film wearing a bandage over a black eye.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Spinning off from the 2021 movie of the same name, the show is about Pil, a spunky vagabond girl living in the medieval city of Foggyborough.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 June 2025
Set in 1987, Curves follows Ana, the spunky teenage daughter of Mexican immigrants, who begrudgingly works at her family’s dress factory in East Los Angeles, but has big dreams of her own.
—Caitlin Brody, Glamour, 23 June 2025
More spunky than saccharine, Elio spends most of the film wearing a bandage over a black eye.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
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“Spunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spunky. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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