Results for pert
Definitions of pert:
part of speech: adverb
Pertly.
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: noun
Pertness.
Usage examples for pert:
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And then my aunts' faces grow long, and they think me pert
"'O Thou, My Austria!'", Ossip Schubin -
Jill's pert little face was left fully exposed by the cloth cap which was perched at the top of her curly locks; her expression was divided between triumph and consternation.
"Betty Trevor", Mrs. G. de Horne Vaizey -
It did look kind of curi's; it wa'n't bigger than a front entry, and it set up so pert right there on the heater- piece, as if he was calc'latin' to farm it.
"Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches", Sarah Orne Jewett