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pertly

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6 lettersPart of speech adverbSorted elprtyStarts with PEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. in an impudent or impertinent manner

Word origin

From pert + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • "Dearie, you aren't going to go and get peevish, are you?" She spoke pertly. He wanted to spank her.
  • TA pretty girl passed him on her way to work and he greeted her indulgently. She winked pertly back at him, proving for all time that she was not a watcher.

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