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pertness
(encz) | pertness,troufalost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pertness
(gcide) | Pertness \Pert"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being pert.
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pertness
(wn) | pertness
n 1: inappropriate playfulness [syn: impertinence,
perkiness, pertness, sauciness, archness]
2: quality of being lively and confident; "there was a pertness
about her that attracted him" |
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expertness
(encz) | expertness,odbornost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Apertness
(gcide) | Apertness \A*pert"ness\, n.
Openness; frankness. [Archaic]
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Expertness
(gcide) | Expertness \Ex*pert"ness\, n.
Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in
seamanship, or in reasoning.
Syn: Facility; readiness; dexterity; adroitness; skill. See
Facility.
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Inexpertness
(gcide) | Inexpertness \In`ex*pert"ness\, n.
Lack of expertness or skill.
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malapertness
(gcide) | malapert \mal"a*pert\ (m[a^]l"[.a]*p[~e]rt), a. [OF. malapert
unskillful, ill-taught, ill-bred; mal ill + apert open,
adroit, intelligent, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire to open.
See Malice, and Aperient.]
Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert. --Shak. -- n. A
malapert person.
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Are you growing malapert! Will you force me to make use
of my authority ? --Dryden.
[1913 Webster] -- Mal"a*pert`ly, adv. -- mal"a*pert`ness,
n.
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Pertness
(gcide) | Pertness \Pert"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being pert.
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expertness
(wn) | expertness
n 1: skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
[syn: expertness, expertise] |
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