(as) pretty as a picture
Definition of (as) pretty as a picture
old-fashioned
: very attractive or pleasant to look at : very pretty
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: artful, clever
: pat, apt
: pleasing by delicacy or grace
: in some degree : moderately
: quite, mainly
: in a gracefully pleasing manner : prettily
: dainty clothes
: lingerie
: a pretty person or thing
: a design or representation made by various means (such as painting, drawing, or photography)
: a description so vivid or graphic as to suggest a mental image or give an accurate idea of something
: a mental image
: to paint or draw a representation, image, or visual conception of : depict
: illustrate
: to describe graphically in words
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