perky
/ˈpəːki
/adjective (perkier, perkiest)
1Cheerful and lively: she certainly looked less than her usual perky self...
- Lee's perky and cheerful voice sounds like music to Danielle's ears and makes her want to weep with relief.
- Through all this, she soldiered on, cheerful and perky - at least on the outside.
- Now she was perky and cheerfully placing every adorable clothing item she owned into that suitcase.
1.1Cheeky: don’t be perky, miss!
Derivatives
perkily
/ adverb ...- I love the way they sit up so perkily when they think they've run far enough.
- ‘Fine,’ he replies perkily before resting his head on her shoulder.
- Smiling perkily, she turned back to the cameras.
perkiness
/ noun ...- However the amount of energy and perkiness was overwhelming.
- ‘Fine,’ I said, a bit startled at his perkiness.
- Their socially sanctioned perkiness goes off the rails, while always sticking to the cheerleaders' code of behaviour.