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perkier

perkier is the comparative form of perky.

Meaning of perky

Adjective

perky (comparative perkier, superlative perkiest)

  1. Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic.
    • She answered with a perky smile and bounced off.
  2. Standing upright; firm.
    • The plant looks much perkier since I watered it.
  3. (obsolete) Early-ripening.

Questions about perkier

What is perkier the comparative form of?
Perkier is the comparative form of perky.

Words near perkier in the dictionary

  1. perkened
  2. perkening
  3. perkens
  4. Perkey
  5. Perkeys
  6. perkier
  7. perkies
  8. perkiest
  9. perkily
  10. perkin
  11. Perkin's mauve

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perkier (page history and authors); perky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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