pert
adjective
boldly forward in speech or behavior; impertinent; saucy.
pertly
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a word derived from
pert.
Example Sentences
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While introducing the inaugural subject of “Cassie Workman is Witchy AF,” the host pertly pulls a bait-and-switch.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Whether hunkered on the floor petting a dog or sitting pertly on a couch,” he wrote, “she is regal yet casual, arresting yet homespun.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
The area immediately before us was flooded by sunlight: ancient machines with bobbins sitting pertly on their spindles, row after row of them, ready to whirl.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 11, 2016
Nora, barely looking up from her makeup compact, observes pertly, "Well, you might have put me first on the billing"; her delivery breezy as a spring afternoon.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2012
“Oh, he’s just a friendly old man,” she said very pertly.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
