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purty

American  
[pur-tee] / ˈpɜr ti /

adjective

Dialect.
  1. pretty.


Example Sentences

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Being the reason a marriage ends might look purty in a novel, but in real life it means you took someone else’s candy just because you wanted it.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2023

“How d’ya know I ain’t jus another purty face out shoppin’ fer my family?” she asks the officer who has come to arrest her.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 26, 2015

They're mighty purty right this minute, they shore are.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eddie was a purty boy, and look at him now.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Looks like purty important mail you’re gittin’, Jethro,” Ed said quietly.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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