pertly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

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adv

""Dearie, you aren't going to go and get peevish, are you?" She spoke pertly. He wanted to spank her."
"‘There ain’t no serviettes,’ said the waitress, pertly."
"TA pretty girl passed him on her way to work and he greeted her indulgently. She winked pertly back at him, proving for all time that she was not a watcher."

Etymology tree English pert Middle English -ly English -ly English pertly From pert + -ly.

more pertly (comparative) most pertly (superlative)

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