Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a perky manner; jauntily; airily; smartly.

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  • adverb In a perky manner.

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  • adverb in a perky manner

Etymologies

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From perky +‎ -ly.

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Examples

  • There it was, he reckoned, standing out perkily from the mass of surrounding data.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • There it was, he reckoned, standing out perkily from the mass of surrounding data.

    Fraud 2009

  • ‘Remember that the object of the critic is to revenge himself on the creator’, Cyril Connolly remarked perkily, back in the 1920s, and not much has changed since.

    2009 April « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • Most of the forest creatures other than the Vixen and her mate were perkily played by members of the Metropolitan Opera Children's Chorus, and Karole Armitage choreographed their witty animal gestures and movements.

    The Beauty of the Beasts Heidi Waleson 2011

  • Blears perkily added, of course my XXX movie 'When The Blears Blows (featuring John Prescott and a cast of thousands)' is still highly-ranked on the Hamburg DVD charts.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • ‘Remember that the object of the critic is to revenge himself on the creator’, Cyril Connolly remarked perkily, back in the 1920s, and not much has changed since.

    Meet The Publishers « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • "Aarrrrrr," she said, her short gray hair bobbed perkily and streaked with blood.

    For some reason there were a buttload of books with unicorns on the cover. karenhealey 2010

  • (And I do love the moment when he looks over the edge with everyone else, and then just collapses while his father perkily heads off on the adventure)

    Indiana Jones and The Final Frontier 2009

  • It's a dance show that is very unique - it's open to all ages, so we say from 6 to 106, Paula prattled on perkily.

    Paula Abdul and David Letterman talk 'Idol,' new dance show Lisa de Moraes 2011

  • Fellow Brightonian Norman Cook is one of the producers of Stereo Typical, and you can hear their worlds colliding perkily on "Mama Do the Hump", which adds surf-pop to their mix.

    Rizzle Kicks; Alex Clare – review 2011

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