pretty
/ˈpɹɪt.i/ verb C2- To make pretty; to beautify
He/she/it pretties · Past prettied · Past participle prettied · -ing form prettying
Verb forms
- Base form
- pretty
- He/she/it
- pretties
- Past
- prettied
- Past participle
- prettied
- -ing form
- prettying
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife.
Elizabeth thought this was going pretty far; and she listened with increasing astonishment as the housekeeper added, “I have never had a cross word from him in my life, and I have known him ever since he was four years old.”
On reaching the spacious lobby above, they were shown into a very pretty sitting-room, lately fitted up with greater elegance and lightness than the apartments below; and were informed that it was but just done to give pleasure to Miss Darcy, who had taken a liking to the room, when last at Pemberley.
I should as soon call her mother a wit.’ But afterwards she seemed to improve on you, and I believe you thought her rather pretty at one time.”
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