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prettily (adv.)

mid-15c., pratili, "skillfully, in a cunning manner" (a sense now obsolete), also "in a way that pleases the eye, with neatness and taste, beautifully but not grandly," from pretty (adj.) + -ly (2).

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Definitions of prettily from WordNet

prettily (adv.)
in a pretty manner;
all this is most prettily done
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