perkilyadv.
/ˈpəːkᵻli/, U.S. /ˈpərkəli/ In a perky manner; exaggeratedly; pertly, jauntily, cheerfully.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adverb]
crousea1525
forwardly1552
cockishly1570
officiously1598
cockingly?1734
protrusively1833
perkingly1841
self-assertingly1841
perkily1843
bumptiously1844
cockily1855
chestily1908
with (an) attitude1975
1843 T. C. Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. 252 You needn't be so perkily ashamed of havin' preached.
1878 Tinsley's Mag. 23 186 Daisies and buttercups..peer perkily at one another.
1886 J. R. Rees Pleasures of Book-worm i. 32 How perkily, on the shelf..does the little 12mo...shoulder it alongside his bigger brother in 4to.
1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters 116 ‘Order, order!’ cried Wilson perkily.
1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl vi. 108 Mr May..all in grey, with his chest perkily stuck out like a robin.
1991 N.Y. Mag. 16 Dec. 95/1 Set in Manhattan, about a mugging victim who seeks refuge at an elegant dinner party,..directed perkily by Jerry Zaks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1843- to give one the double
- to give one the drop
- to give one the geck
- to give one the glaiks
- to give one the gleek
- to give one the shudders
- to give one the slampant
- to give one the slip
- to give one the wite
- to give one the wite of
- to give one the worse
- to give one two dozen
- to give one's all
- to give one's arm
- to give one's beard for the washing
- to give one's end
- to give one's faith
- to give one's faith to
- to give one's faith unto
- to give one's hand
- to give one's hands
- to give one's hat
- to give one's head for the polling
- to give one's head for the washing
- to give one's honour