prettying
SayPRIT-ee-ing/ˈpɔɪtiɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of pretty.
The stylist was prettying the model's hair just before the shoot.
Prettying the old cottage took an entire weekend of scrubbing and painting.
Note
One spelling does two jobs here. It is a participle in the progressive (she was prettying the room) and a verbal noun (the prettying took all weekend). The final y of pretty stays put before -ing. The verb is the adjective put to work: to make pretty, to beautify. The adjective can also mean attractive but of little substance, so the verb can hint at surface polish rather than real repair.
prettying is a form of pretty
pretty, verb: To make something pretty; to beautify or improve the appearance of. Full entry
- Spelling
- pretty → prettying: add -ing
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