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Pertly

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pert  (pûrt)
adj. pert·er, pert·est
1. Trim and stylish in appearance; jaunty: a pert hat.
2. High-spirited; vivacious.
3. Impudently bold; saucy.
[Middle English, unconcealed, bold, short for apert, obvious, frank (probably influenced by Old French aspert, espert, clever), from Old French, from Latin apertus, open, past participle of aperre, to open; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots.]
pertly adv.
pertness n.
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Adv.1.pertly - in an impudent or impertinent manner; "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently"
impertinently, impudently, saucily, freshly


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I remembered her tripping briskly about the dining-room on her high heels, carrying a big trayful of dishes, glancing rather pertly at the spruce travelling men, and contemptuously at the scrubby ones-- who were so afraid of her that they didn't dare to ask for two kinds of pie.
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"Not if I am putting you in peril of your life, ma'am," I answered, pertly enough, pointing to the paper in her hand.
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The frank, grey eyes, the little nose, turning pertly outward; the chestnut hair, curling like the tendrils of a pea vine, seemed the right end and reward of all his wonderful adventures.
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