as in decorated
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
you could pretty up the room rather inexpensively simply by painting it
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Rosita, never having created a single ordinary thing in her 93 years, decorated the apartments with a kaleidoscopic sensibility born of a lifetime of collecting and experimenting.—
Laura May Todd,
Architectural Digest,
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Plus, the cookies are not decorated with Crumbl’s common drizzles, pipings or crumbles.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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This time, there were no tropical drinks adorned with umbrellas.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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They’re made from durable, rust-resistant stainless steel, and the handles are adorned with a precious pearl detail.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Prettied (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prettied%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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