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perky
CIDE DICTIONARY
perky, a.
Perk; pert; jaunty; trim. [1913 Webster]
"There amid perky larches and pines." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
perky, adj. (perkier, perkiest)
1 self-assertive; saucy; pert.
2 lively; cheerful.
1 self-assertive; saucy; pert.
2 lively; cheerful.
Derivative
perkily adv. perkiness n.
THESAURUS
perky
active, activist, activistic, aggressively self-confident, airy, alive, animated, biggety, bouncing, bouncy, breezy, bright, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, brisk, bubbly, bumptious, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chesty, chipper, cocky, conceited, corky, debonair, ebullient, effervescent, energetic, free and easy, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep, gay, immodest, invigorated, jaunty, know-it-all, light, lighthearted, lightsome, live, lively, mercurial, militant, obtrusive, overwise, peacockish, peacocky, peppy, perk, pert, puffed up, quicksilver, resilient, self-conceited, self-opinionated, smacking, smart-alecky, snappy, spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stuck-up, swelled-headed, vigorous, vitalized, vivacious, zingyFor further exploring for "perky" in Webster Dictionary Online