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
By this point, her prettiness has become so powerful that she’s already charmed her non-European friend Benito without realizing it.
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Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The prettiness of it doesn’t bother Arteta unduly.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
He’s aided in basking in all this prettiness with the seductive cinematography from Daria D’Antonio and expert costuming from Carlo Poggioli.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
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
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Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
The prettiness of it doesn’t bother Arteta unduly.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
He’s aided in basking in all this prettiness with the seductive cinematography from Daria D’Antonio and expert costuming from Carlo Poggioli.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prettiness
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Links can be seen between the popularity of K-beauty – a sector estimated by research firm Mintel to be worth more than $90 billion – and the rise of Korean culture internationally.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The beauty of his images, amid unnatural constraints, isn’t a matter of style but of natural force.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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However, worries around a decline in attractiveness and fertility weren’t strongly linked with epigenetic aging.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
16 Feb. 2026
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The term is also multidimensional, embodying a range of qualities beyond wealth, like attractiveness, ambition, education/intelligence, professional success/achievement, and dating intention.—
Alexa Beck,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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With the inimitable Chef Devin Denzer at the helm, Atsumeru utilizes the exacting refinement of traditional Japanese technique and blends it with the discipline, color, and loveliness of Nordic fare.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Its sheer loveliness almost completely undermines the menace of that rictus on the cover.—
Sasha Geffen,
Pitchfork,
21 Jan. 2026
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As a brand that always incorporates its tried-and-true pieces as well as new looks into each collection, this is an opportunity for Wrangler to either introduce new consumers to our classic denim (like the Cowboy Cuts) or to get the more traditional Wrangler denim fans into our newer styles.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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His face remains an ever-changing canvas of knowing looks, shifting eyes, and sly smiles, and his comedic timing is sharp as ever.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Prettiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prettiness. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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