| 释义 |
pertlike, a. and adv.|ˈpɜːtlaɪk|
[f. pert a. + -like 2 a and b.]
†a. adj. Pert-looking, pert. Obs.
b. adv. Pertly, briskly, cheerfully. dial.
1582Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 54 The pertlyke Greeks thee flamd citty with ruthlesse victorye ransack. 1756in Daily Chron. (1905) 7 Jan. 3/2, I saw the Countess of Coventry at Ranelagh. I think she is a pert-like husy going about with her face up to the sky.
U.S. dial.1879Tourgee Fool's Err. vii. 29 I've managed to pull through thus far tollable peart-like. |