pretty
adjective
pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness.
pretties
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pluralof pretty.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof pretty (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
prettyadjectivepleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness.
Example Sentences
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Squadrons of hair-metal pretties followed the new-wave glamourpusses, and even paragon-of-rock-virtue Bruce Springsteen had to wiggle his bum for pop culture’s new star-making machine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
I mean, it’s at that point you want to say, “Hello, my pretties, soon you too will be wearing the burgundy lipstick.”
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2018
For $18.50, these twinned pretties seem just right.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
Last week, Kane’s hometown newspaper, the Times-Tribune of Scranton, ran a Halloween-theme cartoon of her as a witch saying: “I’ll get you my pretties … and your filthy emails too.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2015
Maybe a few pretties were actually getting their beauty sleep.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
