adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a pert answer
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Katie is a pert outgoing young woman.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A wren scrabbled in leaf litter a few yards away: tiny, rufous-brown, pert tailed.
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All these fishes are seemingly quite pert and inquisitive.
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Does that pert chit you were escorting home satisfy you, Neil?
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Known in her youth as Conie, she was pert , voluble, intellectually vibrant, adventuresome.
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Lady Maude, small and pert , was cheerful as a little sparrow, welcoming Benedicta like a long lost sister.
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She wore pert green velvet slippers and a lovely sea green robe.
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So, why the pert questions?
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What they wanted was a pert nose, blue eyes, strawberry hair, and height.