prettily

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PRETTILY, adverb prit'tily. [from pretty.] In a pretty manner; with neatness and taste; pleasingly; without magnificence or splendor; as a woman prettily dressed; a parterre prettily ornamented with flowers. 1. With decency, good manners and decorum without dignity. Children kept out of ill company, take a price to behave themselves prettily
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

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