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Definition of Prettifying
1. prettify [v] - See also: prettify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prettifying
Literary usage of Prettifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1921)
"... unfit for his chosen subject; and therefore a false presentation, a mere
prettifying and belittling, of the wild epic grandeur of our pioneer history. ..."
2. Studies in Seven Arts by Arthur Symons (1906)
"Take ' The Happy Warrior,' which is again a popular favourite. Here there is a
certain touch of sentimentality, the prettifying of an ..."
3. Contemporary Composers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1918)
"ments" of folk-song which consist in a general prettifying of its homely simplicity
with all the refinements and luxuries of sophisticated musical technique ..."
4. The Classic Point of View: Six Lectures on Painting Delivered on the Scammon by Kenyon Cox (1911)
"... with its apparent idealization which amounts to no more than the prettifying
of studio models— this is the drawing most trying to the soul of any one ..."
5. Forces in Fiction: And Other Essays by Richard Burton (1902)
"He had an instinctive feeling that it was sham, make-believe, a lying about life
or a prettifying of life for the amusement of the idle rich. ..."
6. American Painting and Its Tradition: As Represented by Inness, Wyant, Martin by John Charles Van Dyke (1919)
"There is no romance of mood, no reflective musing, no idealizing or prettifying
of the likeness. All phases of fashionable life have come to his studio and ..."
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