Pertly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

in an impudent or impertinent manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɜːtli/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɜːtli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɜːtli/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈɜːtli/.

Examples

a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

impertinently saucily impudently freshly

Parts of Speech

adverb

in an impudent or impertinent manner

“a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

schnippisch

auf unverschämte oder unverschämte Weise

🇫🇷French

pertinemment

de manière impudente ou impertinente

🇪🇸Spanish

impertinentemente

de manera descarada o impertinente

🇮🇹Italian

impertinente

in modo sfacciato o impertinente

🇳🇱Dutch

parmantig

op onbeschaamde of onbeschaamde wijze

🇵🇹Portuguese

atrevidamente

de maneira atrevida ou impertinente

🇷🇺Russian

дерзко

в дерзкой или дерзкой манере

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पर्टली

उद्दंड या उद्दंड ढंग से

🇮🇳Tamil

முறைப்படி

ஒரு முட்டாள்தனமான அல்லது நேர்மையற்ற முறையில்

🇮🇳Marathi

सुक्ष्मपणे

असभ्य किंवा अशिष्ट रीतीने

🇮🇳Gujarati

પર્ટલી

અસ્પષ્ટ અથવા અસ્પષ્ટ રીતે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅನುಚಿತವಾಗಿ

ನಿರ್ಲಜ್ಜ ಅಥವಾ ನಿರ್ಭಯ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൃത്യസമയത്ത്

ധിക്കാരപരമായ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ നിർഭയമായ രീതിയിൽ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

得体地

以无礼或无礼的方式

🇯🇵Japanese

ひどく

厚かましい、または生意気な態度で

🇰🇷Korean

당연하게도

뻔뻔하거나 무례한 방식으로

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngoan ngoãn

một cách trơ tráo hoặc xấc xược

🇹🇭Thai

อย่างเลวร้าย

ในลักษณะที่ไม่สุภาพหรือไม่สุภาพ

🇮🇩Indonesian

tentu saja

dengan cara yang kurang ajar atau kurang ajar

🇲🇾Malay

dengan betul

dengan cara kurang ajar atau kurang ajar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بشكل صحيح

بطريقة وقحة أو وقحة

🇮🇷Persian

بطور منظم

به شیوه ای گستاخانه یا گستاخانه

🇹🇷Turkish

küstahça

küstah veya küstah bir şekilde

🇮🇱Hebrew

באופן ראוי

בצורה חוצפה או חוצפה

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The primary meaning of 'pertly' is 'in an impudent or impertinent manner'.

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