perkily, adv.
(ˈpɜːkɪlɪ)
[f. perky a. + -ly2.]
In a perky manner; self-assertively, with self-assurance; ‘cockily’; pertly.
| 1878 Tinsley's Mag. XXIII. 186 Daisies and buttercups..peer perkily at one another. 1886 J. R. Rees Pleas. Bookworm i. 32 How perkily, on the shelf..does the little 12mo...shoulder it alongside his bigger brother in 4to. 1901 G. Douglas House w. Green Shutters 116 ‘Order, order!’ cried Wilson perkily. |