Prettily
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Prettily is an adverb meaning In a pretty manner.
Meaning
In a pretty manner.
More Meanings
- Very badly; terribly.
Example Sentences
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.
“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.”
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include purtily, beautifully, unprettily, decoratively, sweetly, beauteously.
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