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perky

[pur-kee] / ˈpɜr ki /


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Storey said staff who were told to observe Gedel through the hatch in his cell door commented on "his perky demeanour".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

To those viewers, she was indistinguishable from Laura Petrie, everybody’s favorite perky wife on “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” and they couldn’t get over the thought of Laura divorcing Van Dyke’s charming, devoted Rob.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

But, Jason was going to be alright: the vet said, aside from mild dehydration, the dog was already back to his fluffy, perky self.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Michelle is fluent in the perky command, the passive voice, the slippery non-apology, the kind of language that frames cruelty as blameless happenstance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

I have given up on looking perky and am fighting to keep my eyes open.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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