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# prettily

«prettily» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that looks nice to the eye; in a neat, charming way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (prettily, more prettily, most prettily)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that looks nice to the eye; in a neat, charming way. Also, in a polite, well-mannered way when speaking or thanking someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prettily/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons, how a thing is made or decorated with neat charm; in stories, how someone thanks or speaks politely

### examples

- The cake was iced prettily with pink flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prettily/#x1)
- She thanked the guest prettily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prettily/#x2)
- The room was decorated prettily for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prettily/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prettily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prettily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.