Adjective : a pretty face. ,a pretty tune. ,He writes pretty little stories. ,This is a pretty mess! ,This accident will cost him a pretty sum. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : Sit down, my pretty. From Dictionary.com.
Adverb : Her work was pretty good. ,The wind blew pretty hard. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to pretty oneself for a party; to pretty up a room. From Dictionary.com.
She used the name prettily, half shyly, with one of her luminous, friendly looks. From Wordnik.com. [The Lee Shore] Reference
A bottle-bird's nest, hanging very prettily from the branch of the prickly mimosa. From Wordnik.com. [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference
Margot prettily attired, a pleasure in which the young lady herself fully concurred. From Wordnik.com. [Big Game A Story for Girls] Reference
"I ask you then," said Margaret coloring prettily. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
The engine purred prettily and not a thing went wrong. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
She pretends she is asleep, turns prettily, and moans. From Wordnik.com. [One-Way Ticket] Reference
Desiree pouted prettily when she saw her father's friends. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then Arethusa paused, and flushed prettily with embarrassment. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Then she sat up straight, and laughed very prettily and sweetly. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sonny Sahib] Reference
With fine wool, crochet-silk may be prettily used for this finish. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference
"The Monarch II acts prettily, that's sure," replied the young aviator. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
The cottage was now quite comfortably and prettily furnished throughout. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Hill House] Reference
And it was not so easy to turn a letter prettily: that was Trampy's forte. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
And then they prettily offer one another presents, with childish little smiles. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"The tale is prettily written, and breathes throughout an excellent moral tone.". From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
The latter was prettily writ, with here and there a rhyme, and moved me mightily. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
She overflowed with reasons, some of them rather weak, but all so prettily urged!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
As soon as she saw the lovely golden goose she spoke prettily, and coaxed and begged. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
It was his old, stereotyped, brazen way, but she did not know it and blushed prettily. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Some were made of bone, really prettily turned, with dotted and pierced patterns on them. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
The little captain blushed prettily as she returned his salute in her best naval fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
Engleberg is loftily and prettily situated in the great mountain region of the Alps, with. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
The hall was very prettily decorated with flags and accoutrements, but one missed the greens. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
The wrinkled old face blushed very prettily, and Mary Boyle looked at her visitor doubtfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
It is prettily decorated inside by delicately stained windows, and has a small but fine organ. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
And, from the heights where stood our veranda, how prettily the town lay sleeping at our feet!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I want to slurp the phrases straight out of your mouth and make them dance prettily in my mind. From Wordnik.com. [I Use Commas like Ninja Stars] Reference
Also there was that venturer of the great beauty and the silken curls who had spoken so prettily. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Have you ever wondered at some birds being so prettily dressed while others have such dull colors?. From Wordnik.com. [Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [August, 1897] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life] Reference
Then she would come to life, as though waking from sleep, and step down prettily to a special tune. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
How prettily they are marked with zig-zag stripes of reddish brown, especially the young specimens. From Wordnik.com. [Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children] Reference
Now it was Nannie who was flushing, and so prettily, pursing up her bewitching mouth in the old way. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
As Mr. George Sutherland prettily puts it, the grape is, in fact, the crowning product of the whole plant. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
The desire to dress prettily and tastefully is born in most girls -- just as surely as is the desire to breathe. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
She stamped her foot prettily, imperiously, vexed at my refusal to go out of that weird place the way I had entered. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
Very prettily she did this, yet I gathered that it was something which would have overwhelmed me with the honor if I had understood. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
"Say 'how do you do?' prettily," she cries in a bantering tone, "and don't gape like an overgrown school-boy, if you love me, Bertie!". From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
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