Perkiness (Noun)
Meaning 1
Cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- Despite having been up since dawn, her perkiness remained unwavering as she bounded into the office to start her day.
- The morning's bright sunshine seemed to have triggered a burst of perkiness in the team as they tackled the long-awaited project.
- Her bubbly voice was infectious and spread perkiness to her coworkers on the phone call.
- The carefree atmosphere allowed the quiet student's natural perkiness to surface in the group discussion.
- Her unexpected perkiness surprised everyone when she arrived at the meeting after a sleepless night.
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Meaning 2
Inappropriate playfulness.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- Her perkiness during the funeral procession was jarringly out of place.
- The teacher tried to intervene but the student's perkiness only escalated into full-blown chaos during the test.
- The weather reporter's attempt at a somber tone was undermined by her inherent perkiness while delivering the devastating storm forecast.
- His perkiness during the serious meeting was misconstrued as a sign of disrespect by the other executives.
- Despite the somber occasion, Emily couldn't help but exhibit her perkiness during the speech and was promptly shushed by her mother.