as in lively
in a quick and spirited manner
the children ran pertly towards the playground and each chose a swing
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Adverb
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The boat holds a cluster of restaurants that draw a steady stream of Cairo locals, which keeps the dining scene feeling lively well into the evening.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026 -
What used to feel lively now often feels congested and harder to enjoy.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
Adverb
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Babies of core characters, like Adam Chandler’s JR and Tad Martin’s Jamie, were aged up for narrative purposes, a narrative function playfully known by soap fans as Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome or SORAS.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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In this 1935 image, the couple playfully pose beside the pool of their Rancho Santa Fe home.—
Michelle Duncan,
Architectural Digest,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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Still, while these surfaces are clearly meant to reflect deeper emotional and cultural truths, Coppola’s mining of them is done glancingly, airily.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Pertly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pertly. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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