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Webster 1913 Edition


Prettiness

Pret′ti-ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being pretty; – used sometimes in a disparaging sense.
A style . . . without sententious pretension or antithetical
prettiness
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Webster 1828 Edition


Prettiness

PRETTINESS

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Noun.
prit'tiness. [from pretty.]
1.
Diminutive beauty; a pleasing form without stateliness or dignity; as the prettiness of the face; the prettiness of a bird or other small animal; the prettiness of dress.
2.
Neatness and taste displayed on small objects; as the prettiness of a flower bed.
3.
Decency of manners; pleasing propriety without dignity or elevation; as the prettiness of a child'd behavior.

Definition 2024


prettiness

prettiness

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Noun

prettiness (countable and uncountable, plural prettinesses)

  1. The quality of being pretty.

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