What is affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. Spectator called?
pretty — Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. Spectator. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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