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Definition of Pertly
1. Adverb. In an impudent or impertinent manner. "A lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently"
Partainyms: Fresh, Impertinent, Impudent, Pert, Saucy
Definition of Pertly
1. adv. In a pert manner.
Definition of Pertly
1. Adverb. In a manner that is lively or high-spirited ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pertly
1. pert [adv] - See also: pert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pertly
Literary usage of Pertly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"... forthe fülle pertly. MS. Cantab. Ff. II. 98, f. «. The kyng come, with mony
a man, ... pertly ..."
2. Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War by Judith White Brockenbrough] [McGuire (1868)
"At last a voice pertly, wickedly replied: " General Lee has surrendered, thank God!
" Of course we did not believe him, though the very sound was a knell ..."
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