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  • adjective comparative form of perky: more perky

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Examples

  • But after I lost all the adorable baby part of my baby fat and only had the fat part left, they all gleefully and fickly moved on to encouraging the show business aspirations of my younger, lighter, and perkier cousin, Debbie Aaron.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • During a recent meeting, SAH's employees brought Ms. Mezni the design for a new diaper package that boasted perkier colors.

    An Entrepreneur Weathers a Tumultuous Arab Spring Peter Wonacott 2012

  • I reduced the complaint department's diazepam dosage by half; she seems perkier, and is being much more obnoxious, talkative, and pushy than she had been.

    still more puppy fix arcaedia 2010

  • I often argue that Austin is the new Cambridge -- with a perkier climate, SXSW, a comparable university and the best damn Tex-Mex food.

    Marian Salzman: Corporations: Pillars of the Community? Marian Salzman 2011

  • It might be tempting to fudge assessment answers to sound perkier, more honest or more diligent than you really are.

    Job Seekers Are Getting Tested Ruth Mantell 2011

  • These extra-marital males who always think we're beautiful and smart because they don't live with us definitely make for a perkier wife.

    6 Secrets To Staying Married Forever 2011

  • But after I lost all the adorable baby part of my baby fat and only had the fat part left, they all gleefully and fickly moved on to encouraging the show business aspirations of my younger, lighter, and perkier cousin, Debbie Aaron.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • When the original dog died, he says, graveyard watchman James Brown and restaurateur John Traill simply procured another, perkier one, which might explain why Bobby reputedly lived for an impressive 16 years.

    Historian Won't Let Scotland's Most Famous Dog Lie James Hookway 2011

  • But after I lost all the adorable baby part of my baby fat and only had the fat part left, they all gleefully and fickly moved on to encouraging the show business aspirations of my younger, lighter, and perkier cousin, Debbie Aaron.

    Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011

  • The BSkyB takeover has been killed, a direct consequence of Labour's decision to put the issue before the Commons and careful collaboration with the Lib Dems who are also feeling a bit perkier.

    Ten days in which we saw Ed Miliband throw off his L-plates | Andrew Rawnsley 2011

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