Lexicographical Neighbors of Peartly
Literary usage of Peartly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Peartish, adj. Somewhat brisk, or well. ' I'm peartish now.' peartly, adv.
Lightly, brightly, briskly. ... Sits peartly on a bough his browne nuts cracking. ..."
2. The Poems of William Browne of Tavistock by William Browne, Arthur Henry Bullen (1894)
"... from tree to tree, from spray to spray, 715 Gets to the wood, and hides him
in his dray : 699.—peartly, bristly. yoi. — Sort, set or company. 706. ..."
3. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"peartly, adv. in a brisk, lively manner. See Merrie Conceited Jests of George
Peele, Gentleman. 1607. ' So down-stairs goes she ..."
4. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"Peartish, adj. Somewhat brisk, or well. ' I'm peartish now.' peartly, adv.
Lightly, brightly, briskly. ... Sits peartly on a bough his browne nuts cracking. ..."
5. The Bruce: Or, The Book of the Most Excellent and Noble Prince, Robert de by John Barbour, John Lydgate (1894)
"101 (El Payn, v. reft, to take pains, endeavour, 10. 211; Payne, 12. 526, 17- 145.
395 ; to to'l. struggle, 15. 483. peartly, adv. openly, 10. ..."
6. Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century by John Ashton (1883)
"... goes she peartly,1 and the wondring people that staid at doore, to heare the
manner of her griefe, had of her nought but knavish answers, and home went ..."
7. Humour, Wit, & Satire of the Seventeenth Century by John Ashton (1883)
"... goes she peartly,1 and the wondring people that staid at doore, to heare the
manner of her griefe, had of her nought but knavish answers, and home went ..."
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