adj. 1 saucy or impudent, esp. in speech or conduct. 2 (of clothes etc.) neat and suggestive of jauntiness. 3 = PEART. pertly adv. pertness n.
[ ME f. OF apert f. L apertus past part. of aperire open & f. OF aspert f. L expertus EXPERT ]
PERT
Meaning of PERT in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012