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What is the adjective for pretties?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs prettify and pretty which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

pretty
  1. Cunning; clever, skilful. [from 9th c.]
  2. Pleasant in sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children. [from 15th c.]
  3. Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing. [from 15th c.]
  4. (pejorative) Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty. [from 15th c.]
  5. (dated) Moderately large; considerable. [from 15th c.]
  6. (dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.). [from 16th c.]
  7. (ironic) Awkward, unpleasant. [from 16th c.]
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “El Guapo was taken by how pretty Carmen was and grew upset when she rejected his advances.”
      “The roast turkey was not a pretty sight after it was butchered by my unskilled uncle at the dinner table.”
      “Their misdeed is as pretty an example of an ill-conceived venture as you're likely to find.”
prettiful
  1. (colloquial, babytalk) pretty, beautiful, cute
prettysome
  1. Characterised or marked by prettiness
prettyish
  1. Somewhat pretty
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A very thin, prettyish girl in black trousers and a top took me to a conference room.”
      “It was a relief to have that fleshy gaping socket filled, and with a renewed symmetry to her features old Grozda was prettyish still.”
      “A prettyish girl, somewhere on the plump-curvy continuum, she dyed her hair a too-brash blonde, and years of peroxide abuse had reduced it to a frizzy, frazzled mess.”
prettier
  1. comparative form of pretty: more pretty
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There is nothing prettier or more versatile than a print summer dress that falls in a nice shape around your knees.”
      “Those who are stronger, prettier and quicker tend to lord it over the kids who don't have those qualities that make one popular.”
      “Of a similar date but prettier is a pair of Chinese-yellow damask shoes together with a matching robe altered to form a dressing gown.”
prettiest
  1. superlative form of pretty: most pretty
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Since then, many ruins have been cleared and some of the prettiest classical buildings restored.”
      “Sure I may like boy things and I don't always dress like the prettiest of girls but I am not a tomboy.”
      “They played some of the prettiest sections of music you're gonna hear from any pop band anywhere.”
prettified
prettifying
prettied
prettying
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