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Pretty vs. Prettily — What's the Difference?

Pretty vs. Prettily — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Pretty and Prettily

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Pretty

(of a person, especially a woman or child) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful
A pretty little girl with an engaging grin

Prettily

Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way.

Pretty

Used ironically to express annoyance or displeasure
He led me a pretty dance

Prettily

Clever; adroit
A pretty maneuver.

Pretty

To a moderately high degree; fairly
He looked pretty fit for his age
It was a pretty bad injury
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Prettily

Very bad; terrible
In a pretty predicament.
A situation that has reached a pretty pass.

Pretty

An attractive thing, especially a trinket
He buys her lots of pretties—bangles and rings

Prettily

Ostensibly or superficially attractive but lacking substance or conviction
Full of pretty phrases.

Pretty

Make pretty or attractive
She'll be all prettied up and ready to go in an hour

Prettily

(Informal) Considerable in size or extent
A pretty fortune.

Pretty

Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way.

Prettily

To a fair degree; moderately
A pretty good student.

Pretty

Clever; adroit
A pretty maneuver.

Prettily

In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly.

Pretty

Very bad; terrible
In a pretty predicament.
A situation that has reached a pretty pass.

Prettily

One that is pretty.

Pretty

Ostensibly or superficially attractive but lacking substance or conviction
Full of pretty phrases.

Prettily

Pretties Delicate clothing, especially lingerie.

Pretty

(Informal) Considerable in size or extent
A pretty fortune.

Prettily

To make pretty
Pretty up the house.

Pretty

To a fair degree; moderately
A pretty good student.

Prettily

In a pretty manner.

Pretty

In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly.

Prettily

Very badly; terribly.

Pretty

One that is pretty.

Prettily

In a pretty manner.

Pretty

Pretties Delicate clothing, especially lingerie.

Prettily

In a pretty manner;
All this is most prettily done

Pretty

To make pretty
Pretty up the house.

Pretty

Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.

Pretty

Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

Pretty

Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.

Pretty

Cunning; clever, skilful.

Pretty

(dated) Moderately large; considerable.

Pretty

(dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).

Pretty

(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant.

Pretty

Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.

Pretty

(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.

Pretty

A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.

Pretty

Something that is pretty.
We'll stop at the knife store and look at the sharp pretties.

Pretty

To make pretty; to beautify

Pretty

Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.
This is the prettiest lowborn lass that everRan on the greensward.

Pretty

Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.

Pretty

Affectedly nice; foppish; - used in an ill sense.
The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world.

Pretty

Mean; despicable; contemptible; - used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.

Pretty

Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
[He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome.

Pretty

In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; - less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian.

Pretty

Pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;
Pretty girl
Pretty song
Pretty room

Pretty

(used ironically) unexpectedly bad;
A pretty mess
A pretty kettle of fish

Pretty

Used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);
Pretty big
Pretty bad
Jolly decent of him

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