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perkily

perkily adverb: in a perky manner.

Adverb

perkily (comparative more perkily, superlative most perkily)

  1. In a perky manner.
    • By now even I am tiring of seeing Oprah's face as it is impossible to go anywhere on her site without encountering her perkily peeking out of a closet or spinning around in a sequinned dress.2011 May 3, Hadley Freeman, The Guardian
    • If you complain about an airline on social media, even if you don't directly @mention them, odds are fairly good you'll get a reply from a perkily beleaguered social media manager tasked with searching for mentions of the brand and proactively replying to complaints.2018 September 10, Gretchen McCulloch, “Welcome to Voldemorting, the Ultimate SEO Dis”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2018

Forms of perkily

comparativemore perkily
superlativemost perkily

Origin of perkily

From perky + -ly.

Questions about perkily

What does perkily mean?
Perkily means in a perky manner.
What part of speech is perkily?
Perkily is an adverb.

Words near perkily in the dictionary

  1. Perkey
  2. Perkeys
  3. perkier
  4. perkies
  5. perkiest
  6. perkily
  7. perkin
  8. Perkin's mauve
  9. Perkin's purple
  10. perkiness
  11. perkinesses

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