Prettily

Examples

• She draws prettily, he observed: and she has now got a little companion she is very fond of. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He made me a prettily-turnedneatly-worded apology, about the ghost-visits, &c. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Never in my life, prettily repeated Sophia in her own cuckoo-strain. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Tittle-tattle: how prettily it begins! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There is no denying that she was as pretty as they, and that she and the colours went very prettily together. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He shall be prettily pumped upon. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She answered prettily, in the new ease of her soul-- I know you have been very good. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was a miniature of himself, very prettily done (though not half handsome enough, we may be sure, the widow thought). William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Prettily pointed! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Topsy looked pleased, as Eva said,--Topsy, you arrange flowers very prettily. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• That sentence is very prettily turned. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Nobody could have written so prettily, but you, Emma. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Emmy's, too, became prettily her modest black gown. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• You know, Dodo, it is very bad, said Celia, in her placid guttural, looking as prettily free from humors as possible. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Try to finish this little sketch as nicely and prettily as you can. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It was his business, however, to say that he DID, and he said it very prettily. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I hope you mean to behave prettily to her, Missy, and not show your airs. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Your words have delineated very prettily a graceful Apollo: he is present to your imagination,--tall, fair, blue- eyed, and with a Grecian profile. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Yes, she does it very prettily, and never seems to go too far. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She wasn't there, but Minnie, who is a little old woman, introduced me very prettily. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She then thanked me very prettily for my advice, but informed me at the same time that it was impossible for her to follow it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She gave it, I think, very prettily--but, there! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Bella turned her head towards him, with her prettily-insolent eyebrows raised, and her eyelids drooping. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She told that fib about her momma, as if she did know, and colored up when the flowers came quite prettily. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It was a prettily furnished room, with a piano and some lively furniture in red and green, and some flowers. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• If I loved, I should love at once and without change, said Rosamond, with a great sense of being a romantic heroine, and playing the part prettily. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This is only one specimen of the quaint things she says so prettily. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Celia, now, plays very prettily, and is always ready to play. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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