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As Anne Skepper, before her marriage, she was much admired by Carlyle; “a brisk witty prettyish clear eyed sharp tongued young lady”; and was the intimate, among many, especially of Thackeray and Browning. 

From Biographical Study of A.W. Kinglake by Tuckwell, William

She was a plump, meekly prettyish woman with a quick, flustered manner and a soft voice.

From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon

Miss Bennet, there seemed to be a prettyish kind of a little wilderness on one side of your lawn.

From Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane

In fact, out of some two dozen passions, the only presentable personage was Self-esteem, a prettyish red-haired girl, with an expression of fun about the eyes.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various

He rang the bell, and a fresh-coloured, prettyish girl in a smart cap came to the door.

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie