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purty

adjective

Meaning

  1. Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children, but less strikingly than something beautiful.
  2. Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.
  3. Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.
  4. Cunning; clever, skilful.
  5. Moderately large; considerable.
  6. Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).
  7. Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
  8. Prettily, in a pretty manner.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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