as in energetic
having much high-spirited energy and movement
a perky cheerleader
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Recent Examples of perky
At home, she is constantly compared to her popular, perky younger sister Bianca (Larisa Oleynik) by their overprotective single father Walter (Larry Miller).
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Jen Juneau, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The propulsive beat sounds instantly club bound (Mike Dean co-produced), and Scott sounds especially comfortable, rapping a perky, proficient verse.
—Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Engaging, delightfully lively with perky acidity and soft tannins.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) Circa 2008, even Adams’s vamps were perky.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Jen Juneau, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
The propulsive beat sounds instantly club bound (Mike Dean co-produced), and Scott sounds especially comfortable, rapping a perky, proficient verse.
—Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Engaging, delightfully lively with perky acidity and soft tannins.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) Circa 2008, even Adams’s vamps were perky.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perky
Adjective
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The collection includes portraits of McCartney’s bandmates—John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr—as well as evocative self-portraits and energetic scenes captured through car windows as the band navigated the chaos of their newfound fame.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, the longer, bigger flares may occur due to magnetic reconnection events, or when two different magnetic fields collide near the black hole and release energetic particles moving near the speed of light.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025
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Riverdale In Riverdale, outside Village Hall, there was a lively scene Tuesday afternoon as members of Michael Airhart’s mayoral campaign were ordered to remove their campaign signs from a median.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Around the room’s standing tables and plush, blush-pink lounge seats, friends, castmates, and both new and familiar faces engaged in lively conversation.—
Jamila Stewart,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2025
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For both the animated and live-action cinematic work, the storyboards can help the film team understand how to shoot the scenes, anticipate possible difficulties, and facilitate the actors in understanding their characters and the special settings.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Oscar nominee walked the runway with dramatic, out-to-there lashes that would feel right at home on an animated heroine or villain.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
21 Feb. 2025
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As well as being the most active stratovolcano in the world, Mount Etna is also Europe’s highest volcano, at about 3,350 meters (almost 11,000 feet) tall.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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The community at the movie’s center is made up of politically active individuals from a vast range of experience, so much of its footage (shot in 2020) concerns protests against police brutality, and other conversations on acceptance.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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The office campus attracted potential buyers at a brisk pace, according to Newmark brokers.—
George Avalos,
The Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Remarkably, in a brisk 90-minute play, DeLappe finds ways for every girl to be seen and for each one to be in conflict with at least one teammate, though the goalkeeper #00’s most intense conflict is with her own performance anxiety.—
Jim Higgins,
Journal Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Your business should excite your customers, frustrate your competitors and animate and motivate your people.—
Jeffrey Russell,
Forbes,
6 Nov. 2024
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Photo : Paul Barnaby Robert Longo photographs animate the entry foyer.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Available in both a cheerful yellow daffodil and a muted pastel lavender, this handbag can add a vibrant statement to your outfit or a subtle pop of color.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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Plant was putting them through a cheerful endurance test, but the filmmakers were used to the hunt.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
17 Feb. 2025
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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 Mar. 2025.
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