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Meanings of pertly in English
Portuguese
desavergonhadamente Synonyms
Examples for "freshly"
Examples for "freshly"
1
I recently spoke to four freshly-minted leaders of social businesses or mutuals.
2
Last year, Muslim leaders presented Inuit elders with a freshly slaughtered lamb.
3
No freshly churned butter on your crust-free organic toast-fingers every second Sunday?'
4
The Company's products mainly include freshly brewed drinks, juices and light meals.
5
The gunslinger carried their water, freshly drawn from one of the springs.
1
She laughed impudently, in spite of the murderous blackening in his face.
2
He was impudently cringing to us and systematically insolent to the officers.
3
Christophe was conscious of it: and he showed his joy simply, impudently.
4
Instead of confessing the truth, he was impudently attempting to frighten her.
5
It is useless to observe, that all this story was impudently false.
1
I answered a little saucily, and was ordered out of the ward-room.
2
He was shirtless, his bare feet pointed up saucily, his arms out.
3
The cheerleader winked saucily, and syphoned back down below the sticker's surface.
4
Out of the cadence of the hymn dances the Allegro tune almost saucily.
5
I know the verb, but not the noun, she retorted saucily.
1
She nodded impertinently to both the girls, and then reentered the school.
2
I confess I often speak impertinently, but I always repent of it.
3
She spoke the last word emphatically, and with a glance impertinently sly.
4
He excused himself and thought that he had not spoken so impertinently.
5
Lip curled, nostrils quivered and head jerked up impertinently with that accusation.
Usage of pertly in English
1
Trix deliberately finished her scale, then faced her sister, and retorted pertly-
2
Katherine was seated pertly in her chair, her eyes riveted on his.
3
I replied pertly that Moses was a poor choice for a girl.
4
He came in pertly, prance-footed, black and curly as a storm cloud.
5
The boy spoke out fearlessly, almost pertly, like a spoiled child.
6
Helen sits here as pertly elegant as ever, sipping her tea.
7
Have you only just thought of it? Miss Tattersall said pertly.
8
There's just enough of you to fill an aching void, said I, pertly.
9
Miss Olson, whose hair was done in the latest mode, tossed her head pertly.
10
The doctor now cleared his throat to begin; but she stopped him pertly, saying-
11
One of the little boys pertly said, "It is a square piano."
12
Thou mayst take that blow for answering me so pertly.
13
Do you want the details?" Then pertly, insistently, "How many for you?"
14
Gwen stared for a moment, then she tossed her head as she said, pertly:
15
Jack glanced at Nelly Abbott sitting beside him, her small blonde head pertly inclined.
16
She stiffened a little at this, and then said pertly, "Wot's that?"
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