Peppily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a peppy manner.
"“I don’t want to vote for any of you, to be honest!” scolded a 61-year-old retired accountant when Mr. Herbert appeared peppily at her front door, holding a Tory leaflet and wearing a jaunty turquoise Tory ribbon."
Example
More examples"“I don’t want to vote for any of you, to be honest!” scolded a 61-year-old retired accountant when Mr. Herbert appeared peppily at her front door, holding a Tory leaflet and wearing a jaunty turquoise Tory ribbon."
Etymology
From peppy + -ly.
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