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  • Prettily and sexily costumed by Ms. Kurtzman in brief baby-doll tunics in a range of cerise and gray hues sparingly appliquéd with tiny roses and paired with pearlescent trunks, Mr. Morris's octet of women form a gamboling sisterhood—think classical nymphs rendered by Isadora Duncan.

    Where Dancers and Patrons Meet for a Duet Robert Greskovic 2011

  • Prettily-iced cupcakes presented as individual cupcakes in a pleasing formation = Yay!

    You, Too, Can Have Teletubby Poo Jen 2008

  • Towers said, as I went out, Prettily said, I vow! —

    Pamela 2006

  • "Prettily kept, and such long white slender fingers, aye?"

    Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

  • He moved Prettily enough on his feet but always in the direction best calculated to keep him out of reach of Sean's fists.

    When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964

  • Prettily-shaped tureens and vegetable dishes add very much to the comfort and happiness of the diners, and fortunately they are cheap and easily obtained.

    Manners and Social Usages Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood

  • Prettily situated as it was, and commanding a charming view, it was a bit of ground useless for agricultural purposes.

    India and the Indians Edward Fenton Elwin

  • Prettily thus he underbends the knee to throw his best foot forward O. Generation of 68

    Unmanned Stephen Oliver

  • Prettily built rustic houses may be seen all over Central

    Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • Prettily laced, and the bodice of black fits close to her figure;

    Clio 1909

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