Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A chirpy state or quality; liveliness.
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- noun the state or quality of being
chirpy
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- noun cheerful and lively
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Yes, I have," he responded, but without any real chirpiness.
Professional dieter Kirstie Alley, Steelers' star Hines Ward top new 'Dancing' lineup 2011
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"He said it was," Babs interjected, but not with any real chirpiness.
Animal Planet's 'Hillbilly Handfishin' ': Using the old noodle 2011
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He has always carried the cares of the world with chirpiness.
Silence is the new Plymouth sound at shell-shocked Home Park | Jeremy Alexander 2011
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She is talking with forced chirpiness, one hand is clenching her elbow.
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"He said it was," Babs interjected, but not with any real chirpiness.
On 'The View,' Jessica Hahn compares her affair to Barbara Walters'; Walters not amused 2011
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"Yes, I have," he responded, but without any real chirpiness.
The TV Column: Charlie Sheen gets high Monday on the sound of his own voice 2011
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Plymouth Argyle's manager, Peter Reid, has struggled to maintain his characteristic chirpiness at the crisis-hit club.
Silence is the new Plymouth sound at shell-shocked Home Park | Jeremy Alexander 2011
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Adams also has that unself-conscious chirpiness that says, "I may be acting like an idiot -- but I'm a happy idiot."
Marshall Fine: Movie Review: The Muppets Marshall Fine 2011
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Off, after much too much agonising, goes Christine Bleakley from the One Show to join Adrian Chiles on an ITV breakfast sofa, and you wonder how her early evening chirpiness will survive extraordinarily ordinary mornings.
Never mind Christine Bleakley, let's have some golden oldies on TV 2010
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Rather her letters are full of the kind of polite chirpiness you might expect from a Presbyterian minister's daughter from Princeton.
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