as in energetic
having much high-spirited energy and movement
a perky cheerleader
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Recent Examples of perky
Apps and computer programs would take a long time to load, videos would buffer endlessly, and there’d be no perky replies from Siri or Alexa.
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Ian King, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
In addition to solid colors like storm blue and fern green, Brooklinen just dropped reversible colorways, like the perky orange Marigold that flips to peach.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
Look for firm, bright, crack-free carrots with vibrantly-green, well-hydrated, and perky tops.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2026
Pets Can Keep Kids Healthy No expert on earth—not even the perky owner of the Happy Tails Grooming Salon a few blocks from my home—will go along with my theory that there's a direct link between Natalie's relatively small number of ear infections (two) and the number of cats in our home (three).
—Bill Strickland, Parents, 8 Feb. 2026
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Ian King, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
In addition to solid colors like storm blue and fern green, Brooklinen just dropped reversible colorways, like the perky orange Marigold that flips to peach.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2026
Look for firm, bright, crack-free carrots with vibrantly-green, well-hydrated, and perky tops.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2026
Pets Can Keep Kids Healthy No expert on earth—not even the perky owner of the Happy Tails Grooming Salon a few blocks from my home—will go along with my theory that there's a direct link between Natalie's relatively small number of ear infections (two) and the number of cats in our home (three).
—Bill Strickland, Parents, 8 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perky
Adjective
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Those two youngsters happen to be a happily engaged, and happily naive, couple, and the series plays out exploring the dynamics between the two relationships, one young, loving and energetic, the other old, tired and toxic.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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To support the flight, there has been a sharpening of space weather forecasting skills — an ability to better gauge the sun's activity and to help assure crew safety if a hazardous uptick in solar action rears its energetic head.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Participants are able to create a schedule for themselves that supports more solo contemplative space or lively group experiences.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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South Elgin’s protest was just as lively.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The popularity of the cards led to the creation of a toy line, which then spurred animated TV specials and, eventually, a TV series.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Mar. 2026
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The animated film about a teenager who becomes a beaver to save her animal friends from a freeway construction project pulled in $88 million globally, including $46 million in North America.—
G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Neither has served in an active military capacity during the current conflict.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Consider setting aside grandiose ambitions for the moment and taking a break to do something active with your hands.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Plan on a mostly sunny sky and brisk morning wind.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The subjects were also asked to do two additional workouts on their own; the details were up to them, but most chose running, cycling, brisk walking, or circuits.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The self is made of memories but can also shape them — an animate sculpture able to rework its own clay.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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The same traits—sloppy reasoning but a desire for collective punishment—animate other immigration-policy announcements.—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The less cheerful part of all this is that Great America is unlikely to celebrate a 52nd birthday.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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For generations of Valley families, this scene has unfolded at Castles N' Coasters, a cheerful outpost of fun in the desert that lives in nearly everyone's memory.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The track, which also prominently features Anuel AA and Ñengo Flow, is filled with racy and at times ludicrous double entendres which create an intoxicating romp, driven in turn by a bouncing and infectious rhythm.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
22 Nov. 2022
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But all of that is inflected through another sensibility, one that was emerging, or reëmerging, in the mid-nineties: an almost folky softness; bouncing, hummable melodies; raw beauty for its own sake.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
The New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2022
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“Perky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perky. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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