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  • She's always been resourceful, and might have found a good place.†  (source)
  • They had too many ways, they were too resourceful—and when they did it too well, whatever their chosen method, I was in no position to refuse.†  (source)
  • Some people in his situation could have figured out a way to walk out or maybe winter over, but to do that, you'd have to be extremely resourceful.†  (source)
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  • She wasn't resourceful.†  (source)
    resourceful = good at solving problems
  • I may be smaller naturally, but overall my family's resourcefulness has given me an edge in that area.†  (source)
    resourcefulness = the trait of being good at solving problems
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • No, you're not," retorted the old man resourcefully.†  (source)
    resourcefully = in a way that is good at solving problems
  • She saw that he was nervous and bashful and decidedly unresourceful in her presence and it pleased her to think that she could thus befuddle and embarrass him so much.†  (source)
    unresourceful = not good at solving problems
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unresourceful means not and reverses the meaning of resourceful. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • Confident that he was clever, resourceful, and bold enough to escape any predicament, he was almost incapable of discouragement.†  (source)
    resourceful = good at solving problems
  • His own very rare gift, Parseltongue resourcefulness — determination — a certain disregard for rules," he added, his mustache quivering again.†  (source)
    resourcefulness = the trait of being good at solving problems
  • But it was certainly true, as Groundsel said, that no one ever found his body, so it may perhaps be that, after all, that extraordinary rabbit really did wander away to live his fierce life somewhere else and to defy the elil as resourcefully as ever.†  (source)
    resourcefully = in a way that is good at solving problems
  • He always told me that if his sister had been able to pursue her education, she would have become the best doctor of them all, for not only was she smart, she was resourceful as well.†  (source)
    resourceful = good at solving problems
  • Bobby Lee Cook, for all his guile and resourcefulness, had not been able to free himself from a conflict in court dates.†  (source)
    resourcefulness = the trait of being good at solving problems
  • My brothers were resourceful.†  (source)
    resourceful = good at solving problems
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