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{{U|pleasant}} to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.

Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

(pejorative) Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see (petty).

(derogatory) Effeminate.

Cunning; clever, skilful.

(dated) Moderately large; considerable.

(dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).

(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant, bad.

(of code) (ing) commonly accepted principles of formatting and syntax, for the sake of readability.

Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.

(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.

A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.

Something that is pretty.

To make pretty; to beautify