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perkily

adv. In a perky manner.

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perkily

adv. in a perky manner; "stuck perkily, like a bustle on a woman's skirt" [syn: saucily]

Usage examples of "perkily".

It passed only a few feet in front of Ryan, head held back, little eyes twinkling like polished buttons, whiskers perkily aloft, paws twitching up spray.

Buford said perkily, turning to trot at the heels of David Crichton, moving across the long room in a direction that would bring them into the wing that was closed to the visitors.

Gina said, her voice as youthful and breathless and perkily excited as if she were announcing the score in a game of beach volleyball.

Straw boaters sat perkily on the heads of office girls, and the hems of their long skirts swirled around their ankles.

Daffodil, attended by Nell and Rose and Cumber Young (he carrying her two suitcases), was helped down from the dome car by station staff and went off slowly into the main part of the station Daffodil's curls were piled as perkily high as usual but her shoulders drooped inside the chinchillas, and the glimpse I had of her face showed a forlorn lost-child expression rather than a virago bent on revenge.

Gina said, her voice as youthful and breathless and perkily excited as if she were announcing the score in a game of beach volleyball.