as in beauty
the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses
the sugary prettiness of the knickknacks is sure to appeal to a certain type of collector
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Recent Examples of prettiness
But the backdrops are rendered with an oppressive prettiness that has a perverse cheapening effect.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
But the backdrops are rendered with an oppressive prettiness that has a perverse cheapening effect.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Often, Eastwood uses the surroundings as a kind of misdirect, indicating through their prettiness that all is right with the world — as in a romantic montage featuring Eastwood and Mills that plays for far longer than its narrative function requires.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2024
And if prettiness isn’t your overwhelmingly defining feature, people will use other complimentary adjectives to encourage you: smart, clever, fastidious, well-behaved, talented, funny, etc.
—Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
But the backdrops are rendered with an oppressive prettiness that has a perverse cheapening effect.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Often, Eastwood uses the surroundings as a kind of misdirect, indicating through their prettiness that all is right with the world — as in a romantic montage featuring Eastwood and Mills that plays for far longer than its narrative function requires.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2024
And if prettiness isn’t your overwhelmingly defining feature, people will use other complimentary adjectives to encourage you: smart, clever, fastidious, well-behaved, talented, funny, etc.
—Sable Yong, TIME, 28 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for prettiness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prettiness
beauty
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After stepping back from the spotlight, Gary Sinise is letting fans in on his family's private battle with cancer − and finding beauty after tragedy.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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She’s covered the rise of AI beauty tech, including Lash Extensions From an AI Robot: Is This the Future of Beauty?—
Dahvi Shira,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“Prettiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prettiness. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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