Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Perky or airy manner or quality; a pert or jaunty air.
Wiktionary
- n. The condition of being perky
WordNet 3.0
- n. inappropriate playfulness
- n. cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface
Etymologies
- perky + -ness (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Keep in mind that "perkiness", while needed in the retail business, is not a skill.”
“That is exactly the kind of perkiness I appreciate in a cheerleader.”
“She didn't show any emotions last night, just that fake smile and "perkiness".”
“He seemed far too reserved and he allowed Sarah Palin's "perkiness" to upstage him.”
“Sandra bounced inside with her usual degree of perkiness.”
“But more, he sensed he was in a home, and he showed his perkiness and happiness to be "home".”
The Huffington Post: Mike Schwager: Let's Save Our Best Friends
“Some were accompanied by pictures of panic, perkiness, or pathos as the situation indicated.”
The Huffington Post: Judith Acosta: And Now, More About Me: The Sorry State Of The News Media
“Nursing for 2 years, even very carefully, does suck the perkiness right out of boobs.”
“And we went from that one sort of set of industrial instructions to this whole culture of perkiness.”
“Having survived the perkiness of Birmingham's start, Sunderland had a shot cleared off the line after 15 minutes and soon settled on the ball.”
The Guardian: Sunderland's hopes of survival hurt by Birmingham and Simon Mignolet
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
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