Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a pretty manner.

    краси́воkrasívo, привлека́тельноprivlekátelʹno, ми́лоmílo

    in a pretty manner

  2. Very badly; terribly.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Many Japanese irises were flowering prettily on the lake's edge.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 1
in a pretty manner:

Origin

From Middle English pratily, prately, pratyly, pratylych; equivalent to pretty + -ly.

From Middle English pratily, prately, pratyly, pratylych; equivalent to pretty + -ly.

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Forms

more prettily, most prettily
Comparativemore prettily Lesson
Superlativemost prettily

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedpretty
Derivedunprettily

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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