Pretty

prit'tT, a. [-tier; -tiest.] Pleasing by deli- cacy or grace; of pleasing and attractive form or features; having slight or diminutive beauty affectedly nice; foppish; petty; mean; despicable; contemptible, —adv. In some degree; tolerably; moderately; quite. [ME. prat i,pretie, comely, clever, AS. prsetig, Ic. prettugr, Norweg. pretten, tricky, roguish, AS. Ic. prettr, a trick, Ic. and Norweg. pretta, to play a trick; prob. W. praith = LL. practic a = E. practice, q. v.] — Preftily, adv. In a pretty manner pleasingly with neatne and taste. — Pret'tine , n. Quality of being pretty; diminutive beauty; affectation of nicene ; petty artificial adornment; foppishne ; finicalne .