perkily


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Related to perkily: surpassingly

perk·y

 (pûr′kē)
adj. perk·i·er, perk·i·est
1. Buoyant and self-confident; briskly cheerful.
2. Jaunty and appealing; sprightly: a perky tune.
3. Small or firm and well-formed: "her perky, shapely little body" (Joyce Carol Oates).

perk′i·ly adv.
perk′i·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.perkily - in a perky manner; "stuck perkily, like a bustle on a woman's skirt"
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Translations
بِنَشاطٍ وَحَيَوِيَّه
bujaře
livligt
hressilega
neşeyle

perkily

adv (= cheerfully)munter; (= cheekily)kess, keck
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

perkily

[ˈpɜːkɪlɪ] adv (see adj) → con aria allegra, con tono allegro, vivacemente, con impertinenza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

perk

(pəːk) : perk up
to recover one's energy or cheerfulness. I gave her a cup of tea and she soon perked up.
perky adjective
lively; cheerful. You're in a perky mood.
ˈperkily adverb
ˈperkiness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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Perkily conveyed, with a deft lightness of touch, this performance sent us out back into the building-site hell with spirits well lifted, with Tippett and Hough's Beethoven still prominent in our minds.
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Those who remember her as the perkily perfect Gabriella in "High School Musical'' will truly be shocked at the first sight of her: Standing at a bathroom mirror and chopping off her mangy hair, revealing blotchy skin, dirt-filled fingernails, a nose and lip ring.
The presentation, too, was arty - the lettuce perkily displayed at an angle, in a pretty cocktail glass, and two triangles of brown bread and butter accompanying.