MEANING
Showing lively spirit and readiness to face difficulty.
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- mettlesome horse
- mettlesome response
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The mettlesome horse resisted the narrow crossing.
Her mettlesome response renewed their resolve.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more mettlesome; superlative most mettlesome where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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