prettiest
- 1Superlative of pretty.
Of all the coastal villages we visited, this one is easily the prettiest.
The judges agreed that her watercolor was the prettiest entry in the show.
Note
A two-syllable adjective ending in -y takes the -est suffix rather than "most", and its y shifts to i before the ending. The superlative carries whichever meaning of pretty is intended. Most often that is the plain "nice-looking" sense used of places and things, as when K. Westcott Jones, writing in 1946, passes Godshill, "said to be the prettiest village in the Isle of Wight."
prettiest is a form of pretty
pretty, adjective: Pleasing to look at or listen to in a delicate or charming way, said of people, especially women and children, and of things such as faces, places or tunes. Full entry
- Spelling
- pretty → prettiest: change y to i, add -est
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