resilient — able to recover quickly from difficult conditions; flexible and adaptable
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: able to recover quickly from difficult conditions; flexible and adaptable
Pronunciation (IPA): /rɪˈzɪliənt/
Example Sentences
- My phone is surprisingly resilient - it survived being dropped in the toilet twice this month.
- Children are naturally resilient and often recover from setbacks faster than adults.
- His resilient personality helped him turn his failed restaurant into a successful food truck empire.
resilient
ADJECTIVE[/rɪˈzɪliənt/]
able to recover quickly from difficult conditions; flexible and adaptable
She's been knocked down more than once — but she's resilient, and the ground never keeps her.
Resilient and brilliant — quietly defiant.
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🌳Etymology
Origin
From Latin 'resilire' meaning 'to jump back' or 'rebound,' composed of the prefix 're-' (back) and 'salire' (to jump or leap). The word entered English in the 17th century with the literal sense of bouncing back, later acquiring figurative meanings related to recovering from adversity.
Breakdown
re- (back) + sil (jump, leap from Latin salire) + -ent (adjective suffix indicating a state or quality) = resilient
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📝Examples
“My phone is surprisingly resilient - it survived being dropped in the toilet twice this month.”
“Children are naturally resilient and often recover from setbacks faster than adults.”
“His resilient personality helped him turn his failed restaurant into a successful food truck empire.”
“The resilient rubber ball kept bouncing back no matter how hard my cat attacked it.”
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