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`adjective
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`1. springing back; rebounding.
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`returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched.
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`recovering readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyant.
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`Origin of resilient
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`1635-1645
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`1635-45; < Latin resi/ient- (stem of resiliéns), present participle of resilire to spring back,
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`equivalent to re- re- (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/re-) + -sil-, combining form of
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`sa//‘re to leap, jump + -ent- -ent (http://www.dictionary.com/browse/-ent) ); see salient
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`Related forms
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`resiliently, adverb
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`nonresilient, adjective
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`nonresiliently, adverb
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`unresilient, adjective
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`unresiliently, adverb
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`1. elastic, flexible, springy.
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`Examples from the Web for resilient
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`But one of the reasons why the group has been so resilient, he said, was its skill in utilizing propaganda.
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`Tim Mak (http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/tim-mak.html?source=dictionary)
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`When it comes to short- and long-term emotional scarring, your mileage may vary, and kids might not be as
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`resilient as they seem.
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`Stefan Fatsis (http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/stefan-fatsis.html?sou rce=dictionary)
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`As I sat in church and watched this resilient young man joyfully take a wife, I thought back to all his trials and
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`British Dictionary definitions for resilient
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`resilient
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`adjective
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`(of an object or material) capable of regaining its original shape or position after bending,
`stretching, compression, or other deformation; elastic
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`(of a person) recovering easily and quickly from shock, illness, hardship, etc;
`irrepressible
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`Derived Forms
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`resiliently, adverb
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`Word Origin and History for resilient
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`adj.
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`1640s, "springing back," from Latin resilientem "inclined to leap or spring back," present
`participle of resilire (see resilience (/browse/resilience) ). Figuratively, of persons, from
`1830. Related: Resiliently.
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