can-do-ness
nounEtymology From can-do + -ness.
1
Informal Confidence or willingness to get something done.
- Brian applied that can-do-ness in the way he rigorously studied ice cream to turn himself from a total amateur into a professional.2015, Anne Kreamer, Risk/Reward:
- As a description of the praxeology of philanthropy, Norris's statement practically oozes know-how and Spivak's can-do-ness.2019, Andrew Herman, The better Angels Of Capitalism: