"I'm going about my business," the boy said pertly. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship] Reference
"What business is it of yours?" replied the youth pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
‘Fancy a man not able to ride!’ said she rather pertly. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
"Of course I know where she is," Lily Bordreau said pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Knocked for a Loop]
"You have had plenty of experience," retorted Lexie pertly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outrageous Dowager]
"She sings much better than you do Grace," said Rose pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma] Reference
"Not any of that for mine," remarked Miss Pennington, pertly. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays] Reference
"Where is Deerfield, if one may ask?" inquired Miss Dixon, pertly. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film] Reference
“How?” cried she, pertly, “why, the same as for the summer!”. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia] Reference
Ecclus.xlii. 9, 10, &c. Now will you wish you had not written pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
"You were taking a large-sized risk, Mr. Rossi," she told him pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Journey Into Love]
Ears stand up pertly as shown or flop down or sideways, if you prefer. From Wordnik.com. [Flea Bussy - Makin' stuff for the love of orks 'n goblins] Reference
Gwen stared for a moment, then she tossed her head as she said, pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Princess Polly's Gay Winter] Reference
“Papa told me; and papa does not tell falsehoods,” she answered pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Wuthering Heights] Reference
“I had kit—you sank it when you sank my pirogue,” Tasmin said pertly. From Wordnik.com. [The Berrybender Narratives] Reference
The young woman smirked pertly as she scribbled something on her clipboard. From Wordnik.com. [Here Comes Another Lesson] Reference
“Tell us,” said Mahony pertly to the man, “how many have you yourself?”. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
'At Coldingham I was taught perfectly well how to bathe guests,' she said pertly. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
It's not "bedfellows making strange politics," as the Toronto Star so pertly puts it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
"Hardly worth the trouble I should have thought," she said pertly as she left the room. From Wordnik.com. [Heidi] Reference
"Either of the housemaids ', sir, but they're both out," she answered, ogling me pertly. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
At another, she was to stop, toss her head, and look pertly at the audience — she did it. From Wordnik.com. [No Name] Reference
"Tell 'im ye seed me i' cattle market, then ina farm cart frum t'country," he suggested pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Take A Thief]
"I care not about that," she said, tossing her head pertly enough to make her long braid swing. From Wordnik.com. [Wizard and Glass]
'I know what a horotorio is,' said Ortheris pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Life's Handicap] Reference
Maya took me in her arms, her nipples pertly erect. From Wordnik.com. [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"I don't know; that was afore my time" (rather pertly). From Wordnik.com. [A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day] Reference
"I did put it back," said Anne quickly -- pertly, Marilla thought. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Green Gables] Reference
"If you'll excuse me, I'll go to my own room," said Mrs. Estabrook, pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Helping Himself] Reference
"You wouldn't like to associate on equal terms with a day laborer," said James, pertly. From Wordnik.com. [Herbert Carter's Legacy] Reference
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