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Lively and perky; cheeky.

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Usage examples (3)
  • You fight dandelions all weekend, and late Monday afternoon there they are, pert as all get out, in full and gorgeous bloom, pretty as can be, thriving as only...
  • Don't wanter 'splay any' pert'nent cur'osity, Boffski, but p'raps 's no harm in askin 'where 'tis' at you know you're goin '? "
  • Ashley is one of those pert-nosed, blond-maned teen princesses you normally see only on TV.
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