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This chirpiness is something Brosnahan has in common with her character – Midge Maisel doesn’t resemble a human woman so much as a walking, talking blizzard of can-do attitude.

From The Guardian • Nov. 28, 2018

Their chirpiness had deserted them, replaced by a foreboding gloom.

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2017

The work is suffused with Haydn’s signature wit, and Ms. Freivogel and Ms. Toth fully brought out the cheek and chirpiness of the laughing grace notes, trills and other ornaments.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2015

Just in Beatles lore alone, he's something of a relief, particularly when set against Paul McCartney's fatuousness, Lennon's malevolence, and Starr's chirpiness.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2011

We always keep our sorrows for the drawing-room, and our chirpiness for church.

From The Green Carnation by Hichens, Robert Smythe