What does prettily mean?
Prettily means In a pretty manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a pretty manner..
And thus they were all begging for pancakes, the one more prettily than the other, because they were so hungry, and such good little children.
St. Lawrence Station is very prettily situated, high cliffs on the left, and the lush vegetation of the Undercliff sloping down to the sea on the right.
The air was clear and scented, the breeze flitted lightly through the tall grass around his cave, the birds were chirruping at each other, the butterflies were flitting about prettily, and the whole of nature seemed to be conspiring to be as pleasant as it possibly could.
“Indeed!” replied he. “Then, my dear Isabella, it is the most extraordinary sort of thing in the world, for in general every thing does give you cold. Walk home!—you are prettily shod for walking home, I dare say. It will be bad enough for the horses.”
Use prettily when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prettily means In a pretty manner..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And thus they were all begging for pancakes, the one more prettily than the other, because they were so hungry, and such good little children.
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