resilient
Americanadjective
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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
Other Word Forms
- nonresilient adjective
- nonresiliently adverb
- resiliently adverb
- unresilient adjective
- unresiliently adverb
Etymology
Origin of resilient
First recorded in 1635–45; from Latin resilient-, stem of resiliēns, present participle of resilīre “to spring back,” equivalent to re- re- + -sil-, combining form of salīre “to leap, jump”; salient
Example Sentences
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But for SGH, “we find accretion and leverage outcomes relatively resilient to changes in bid prices owing to solid deal multiple arbitrage,” they say.
"This is a very, very resilient economy, and I don't see why that wouldn't continue going forward," says Aditya Bhave, a senior economist at Bank of America.
From BBC
But even if you’re confident, resilient and emotionally mature, you might still struggle with anxiety, depression or grief.
From MarketWatch
"But our work can help generate a realistic view of the subsurface with less computational power, which would make our models more practical and help us be more earthquake resilient."
From Science Daily
Sometimes you have good moments and bad moments but you need to be resilient enough to understand this is the game.
From BBC
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