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verb + prettily
prettily作方式副词修饰动词时，通常紧跟在动词后，表示以漂亮、悦人的方式完成动作。
She always dresses prettily for work.
她上班时总是穿得很漂亮。
漂亮地；悦人地
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漂亮地；悦人地
in a pretty manner
She always dresses prettily for work.
她上班时总是穿得很漂亮。
漂亮地；悦目地
In a pretty manner.
非常糟糕；可怕地
Very badly; terribly.
She smiled prettily at the camera.
她对着镜头笑得很好看。
The garden was prettily decorated with colorful lights.
花园用彩灯装饰得很漂亮。
She sings prettily, though she has had no training.
她唱得很动听，虽然从未受过训练。
prettily作方式副词修饰动词时，通常紧跟在动词后，表示以漂亮、悦人的方式完成动作。
She always dresses prettily for work.
她上班时总是穿得很漂亮。
在被动或系表结构中，prettily位于be和过去分词之间，常见搭配有decorated、wrapped、dressed等。
The room was prettily decorated with flowers.
房间用鲜花装饰得很漂亮。
Not this
She sings very pretty.
Use this
She sings very prettily.
修饰动词 sing 表示“唱得漂亮”需要用副词 prettily；pretty 作副词通常表示“相当”，不能替代表示方式的 prettily。
Not this
She is a prettily girl.
Use this
She is a pretty girl.
prettily 是副词，不能修饰名词 girl；修饰名词需要使用形容词 pretty。
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穿着漂亮
She arrived prettily dressed for the party.
她打扮得漂漂亮亮地来参加派对。
装饰精美
The room was prettily decorated with fresh flowers.
房间用鲜花装饰得很精美。
布置雅致
The table was prettily arranged for the dinner.
餐桌为晚宴布置得很雅致。
笑得甜美
She smiled prettily at the camera.
她对着镜头笑得甜美。
Use prettily naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一位舞者穿着漂亮裙子，每个动作都令人赏心悦目——prettily就是‘漂亮地、悦人地’。
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing appearance or behavior、written narrative 这个副词通常用于较正式或书面化的语境，表示“以漂亮、悦人的方式”。在很随意的口语中可能不太常见，听起来会稍显文气。日常使用时，可根据场合选择更口语化的说法。
Genuine rhymes: wittily and grittily share prettily's stressed /ɪ/ and /tɪli/ ending. Lookalikes that sound different: daintily, heartily, nastily, and readily end in -ily but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.