prettiness

pret·ty  (prt)

adj. pret·ti·er, pret·ti·est

1. Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way. See Synonyms at beautiful.

2. Clever; adroit: a pretty maneuver.

3. Very bad; terrible: in a pretty predicament; a situation that has reached a pretty pass.

4. Ostensibly or superficially attractive but lacking substance or conviction: full of pretty phrases.

5. Informal Considerable in size or extent: a pretty fortune.

adv.

1. To a fair degree; moderately: a pretty good student.

2. In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly.

n. pl. pret·ties

1. One that is pretty.

2. pretties Delicate clothing, especially lingerie.

tr.v. pret·tied, pret·ty·ing, pret·ties

To make pretty: pretty up the house.

Idiom:

pretty much

For the most part; mostly: "The . . . matter was pretty much dying down" (John Strahinich).

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[Middle English prety, clever, fine, handsome, from Old English prættig, cunning, from prætt, trick.]

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pretti·ly adv.

pretti·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

prettiness - the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) cuteness beauty - the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

Translations

prettiness [ˈprɪtinɪs] n [baby, child, woman] → beauté f; [place, object] → beauté f

prettiness

n (= pretty appearance) → hübsches Aussehen; (of place) → Schönheit f; (= charm) (of woman) → Anmut f, → Schönheit f; (of manners, compliment etc) → Artigkeit f; the prettiness of her hair/face → ihr hübsches Haar/Gesicht