In an impudent or impertinent manner.
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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