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Resourcefulness   /risˈɔrsfəlnəs/   Listen
Resourcefulness

noun
1.
The quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation.
2.
The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems.  Synonyms: imagination, resource.





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"Resourcefulness" Quotes from Famous Books



... Every member of the family will enjoy this spirited chronicle of a young girl's resourcefulness and pluck, and the secret ...
— Torchy As A Pa • Sewell Ford
... the annals of the Church and we find the constant evidence of the Spirit's power and action in the Christian propaganda. The courage with which the Christians meet the opposition of Jews and Romans, in their resourcefulness in dealing with the utterly unprecedented problems they are called on to face, in the intellectual grip of the Apologists who have to meet the criticism of very diverse sets of opponents, in their rapidly growing comprehension ...
— Our Lady Saint Mary • J. G. H. Barry
... to which she was attached, for which she was prepared to squander her wealth, to give her life even were that necessary, had compelled her companionship with this adventurous Englishman. She had met him in a spirit of raillery, measuring her woman's wit and beauty against his brusqueness, and his resourcefulness and calm determination had won her admiration. The cause was altogether forgotten sometimes in the mere pleasure she had in being with him. He was not as other men, quick with a compliment, ever ready to please. Not a word of love had he spoken to her, yet his eyes had always sought ...
— Princess Maritza • Percy Brebner
... on which the naval guns were mounted at Ladysmith, and which proved so important a feature in promoting the defence of the place, were specially designed by Captain Percy Scott of the cruiser Terrible. In regard to this officer's resourcefulness the Times expressed an opinion ...
— South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) - From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, - 15th Dec. 1899 • Louis Creswicke
... resourcefulness, their initiative, their craving for new experiences, and their desire to realize the utmost out of life. As they cared little for ideas that could not be translated into action, they were ...
— Halleck's New English Literature • Reuben P. Halleck


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