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Definition of Prettily
1. Adverb. In a pretty manner. "All this is most prettily done"
Definition of Prettily
1. adv. In a pretty manner.
Definition of Prettily
1. Adverb. In a pretty manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prettily
1. pretty [adv] - See also: pretty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prettily
Literary usage of Prettily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"how prettily she writes !—aye, that was quite proper to let him be off if he ...
That sentence is very prettily turned. Yes, yes, I will go and see her sure ..."
2. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"4-5'/2 •#), near the prettily-situated church (1225 ft. ... a busy and
prettily-situated little town of 5000 inhab. on the left bank of the Elz, ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1883)
"and " Little Hans," make a choice series of prettily illustrated lomos. "
Among the Alaskans," by Julia McNair Wright, is full of interesting descriptions ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"But you have no right whatever to say, " The Evangelists do not tell the story
well, but / will tell you prettily how things really happened. ..."
5. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1823)
"... of intercourse: and he prettily observes that this custom would be entirely
lost, if lovers were not solicitous to preserve it in all its full power. ..."
6. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"the prettily laid-out enclosure, within which THE -west lodge of Chesney Manor
faced stood the Catholic church and the house which Mr. Warrender had built ..."
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