prettily

Adverb

prettily (comparative more prettily, superlative most prettily)

1. In a pretty manner.
   • And thus they were all begging for pancakes, the one more prettily than the other, because they were so hungry, and such good little children.1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], “The Pancake”, in H. L. Brækstad, transl., Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, &...
   • St. Lawrence Station is very prettily situated, high cliffs on the left, and the lush vegetation of the Undercliff sloping down to the sea on the right.1946 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “Isle of Wight Central Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 244
2. Very badly; terribly.
   • “Indeed!” replied he. “Then, my dear Isabella, it is the most extraordinary sort of thing in the world, for in general every thing does give you cold. Walk home!—you are prettily shod for walking home, I dare say. It will be bad enough for the horses.”1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, pages 270–271