Example Sentences

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When Rachel tells the doll to ignore her sister, she perkily complies: “I’ll make a note of that!”

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2019

Gauthier agreed with this analysis, and added that the videos’ instrumental soundtracks, which are often preposterously jazzy or perkily electric, are geared to this build, too.

From The New Yorker • May 18, 2016

You've never heard "and a half-pound of coffee" uttered quite so perkily.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2016

BA This week, the Paradise family have further animated chats in brightly lit rooms, nearly always resulting in someone doing or saying something accompanied by perkily plucked violins.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2013

He darted up to the window-pane, brushed down his breast-feathers with his beak and then, “Cheerio!” he said perkily, and spread his wings and was gone.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers