Word Meanings - PRETTYISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Somewhat pretty. Walpole.

Related words: (words related to PRETTYISH)

• SOMEWHAT
  1. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste. Grew. Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost.
• PRETTYISM
  Affectation of a pretty style, manner, etc. Ed. Rev.
• PRETTY-SPOKEN
  Spoken or speaking prettily.
• PRETTYISH
  Somewhat pretty. Walpole.
• PRETTY
  AS. prættig, prætig, crafty, sly, akin to præt, prætt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. 1. Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting,