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单词 perky
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Definition of perky in English:

perky

adjectiveperkier, perkiest ˈpəːkiˈpərki
  • 1Cheerful and lively.

    she certainly looked less than her usual perky self
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Both of them are way too perky and chipper in the morning for their own good.
    • Always bright and perky, Robin has shone in all subjects.
    • The temperature is about 60 degrees, a strategy to keep the lights cool, and the cast alive and perky.
    • Now she was perky and cheerfully placing every adorable clothing item she owned into that suitcase.
    • I was relieved, because that was the day Max and I taught our classes and I wanted to be feeling perky.
    • This guy was so perky and bright that it was starting to annoy her.
    • Betty, who seems so sunny and perky, practices the lines of a scene for her upcoming audition with Rita.
    • She's perky, flighty and frightened to death of her daughter and what she might really think.
    • Having said that, I'm still feeling pretty perky about my published piece, despite my complaining on other fronts.
    • Because, if you just glance at me, I look as cute and perky and joyful as ever.
    • I will soon be back to faking a perky voice, answering stupid questions and providing useless information.
    • Lee's perky and cheerful voice sounds like music to Danielle's ears and makes her want to weep with relief.
    • She is perky, happy to do publicity and says almost nothing interesting.
    • Through all this, she soldiered on, cheerful and perky - at least on the outside.
    • Kathy grinned at me, her whole face brightening up, once again painfully perky.
    • One network thinks their salvation may come in the form of a rival's perky morning show host.
    • The pert and perky secretary in the waiting room was unsuccessful in her attempts to keep the man at bay.
    • When I left, she was chipper and perky and seemed in as good of health as ever before.
    • The new roomie is just a tad too perky for me to handle this morning.
    • We've already seen a perky chickadee on our bird feeder and I met the striped lizard that seems to live in the chimney rocks.
    Synonyms
    cheerful, lively, vivacious, animated, bubbly, effervescent, bouncy, bouncing, spirited, high-spirited, in high spirits, cheery, merry, buoyant, ebullient, exuberant, jaunty, frisky, sprightly, spry, bright, sunny, jolly, full of the joys of spring, sparkly, pert
    1. 1.1 Cheeky.
      don't be perky, miss!

Derivatives

  • perkily

  • adverb ˈpəːkɪliˈpərkəli
    • ‘Fine,’ he replies perkily before resting his head on her shoulder.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Smiling perkily, she turned back to the cameras.
      • I love the way they sit up so perkily when they think they've run far enough.
      • The desk clerk smiled far too perkily for Simon's taste.
      • Lisa shouted perkily from the middle seat of the van.
  • perkiness

  • noun ˈpəːkɪnəsˈpərkinəs
    • Their socially sanctioned perkiness goes off the rails, while always sticking to the cheerleaders' code of behaviour.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her perkiness had faded somewhere in the tale, and was replaced by sadness.
      • ‘Fine,’ I said, a bit startled at his perkiness.
      • If you can stand the shrill chanting and constant, infuriating perkiness, this is probably quite an entertaining movie.
      • However the amount of energy and perkiness was overwhelming.

Rhymes

herky-jerky, jerky, mirky, murky, quirky, smirky, turkey
 
 

Definition of perky in US English:

perky

adjectiveˈpərkēˈpərki
  • Cheerful and lively.

    she certainly looked less than her usual perky self
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's perky, flighty and frightened to death of her daughter and what she might really think.
    • This guy was so perky and bright that it was starting to annoy her.
    • Because, if you just glance at me, I look as cute and perky and joyful as ever.
    • Lee's perky and cheerful voice sounds like music to Danielle's ears and makes her want to weep with relief.
    • She is perky, happy to do publicity and says almost nothing interesting.
    • The temperature is about 60 degrees, a strategy to keep the lights cool, and the cast alive and perky.
    • Having said that, I'm still feeling pretty perky about my published piece, despite my complaining on other fronts.
    • I will soon be back to faking a perky voice, answering stupid questions and providing useless information.
    • The pert and perky secretary in the waiting room was unsuccessful in her attempts to keep the man at bay.
    • Both of them are way too perky and chipper in the morning for their own good.
    • Kathy grinned at me, her whole face brightening up, once again painfully perky.
    • The new roomie is just a tad too perky for me to handle this morning.
    • Always bright and perky, Robin has shone in all subjects.
    • I was relieved, because that was the day Max and I taught our classes and I wanted to be feeling perky.
    • Betty, who seems so sunny and perky, practices the lines of a scene for her upcoming audition with Rita.
    • One network thinks their salvation may come in the form of a rival's perky morning show host.
    • Now she was perky and cheerfully placing every adorable clothing item she owned into that suitcase.
    • We've already seen a perky chickadee on our bird feeder and I met the striped lizard that seems to live in the chimney rocks.
    • When I left, she was chipper and perky and seemed in as good of health as ever before.
    • Through all this, she soldiered on, cheerful and perky - at least on the outside.
    Synonyms
    cheerful, lively, vivacious, animated, bubbly, effervescent, bouncy, bouncing, spirited, high-spirited, in high spirits, cheery, merry, buoyant, ebullient, exuberant, jaunty, frisky, sprightly, spry, bright, sunny, jolly, full of the joys of spring, sparkly, pert
 
 
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