To escape a violent beating from sailors to whom he has sold a non-functioning car, Jerry takes his stepfamily for a holiday in a trailer park miles away, where, miraculously, young Nick meets a very pretty young woman called Sheeni, played by Portia Doubleday.
Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing. (defdate)
2010, Lia Leendertz, The Guardian, 13 Feb 2010:
'Petit Posy' brassicas ... are a cross between kale and brussels sprouts, and are really very pretty with a mild, sweet taste.
puhekieltä Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty. (defdate)
1962, "New Life for the Liberals", Time, 28 Sep 1962:
Damned by the Socialists as "traitors to the working class," its leaders were decried by Tories as "faceless peddlers of politics with a pretty little trinket for every taste."
they flung all the goods in the house out at the windows into the street, or into the sea, as they supposed; thus they continued mad a pretty season ….
2004, "Because They're Worth it", Time, 26 Jan 04:
"What did you do to your hair?" The answer could be worth a pretty penny for L'Oreal.
Some people are surprised, I believe, that that the eldest was not named after his father, but Isabella would have him named Henry, which I thought very pretty of her.
1919, (w), ‘The Oversight’, The Toys of Peace:
‘This new fashion of introducing the candidate's children into an election contest is a pretty one,’ said Mrs. Panstreppon; ‘it takes away something from the acerbity of party warfare, and it makes an interesting experience for the children to look back on in after years.’
1926, (w), (w), page 251:
"Oh, Jake." Brett said, "we could have had such a damned good time together." Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against me. "Yes", I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?"
His sadistic self-torturings finally landed him in a pretty mess: still completely married, practically sure he was in love with Tillie, he made dishonorable proposals of marriage to two other women.
1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, V:
By the Sheets you have sent me to peruse, the Account you have given of her Birth and Parentage is pretty exact ....
1859, (w), The Origin of Species, I:
It seems pretty clear that organic beings must be exposed during several generations to the new conditions of life to cause any appreciable amount of variation ....
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2002, (w), The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 539:
The Revolutionary decade was a pretty challenging time for business.