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comparative purtier, superlative purtiest
(informal) Pronunciation spelling of pretty. quotations examples
Seen a purty girl down the road. Give her a big wink, too. Purty as hell, too.
1939, John Steinbeck, chapter 22, in The Grapes of Wrath
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Pronunciation spelling of pretty. quotations examples
They treated us purty good but we had to work hard.
2004, Randall Williams, Weren't No Good Times: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Alabama, John F. Blair, Publisher, page 114
Wall, be that as it may, ol' Hosshead was a purty good citizen in his day, an' he shore did make Juneybell toe the mark.
1988, Herbert M. Sutherland, Tall Tales of the Devil's Apron, The Overmountain Press, page 97