pretty-pretty

informal excessively or ostentatiously pretty

Words nearby pretty-pretty

As I expected, he was just a silly old man, a diatomaniac fond of pretty-pretty slides and not a scientific man at all.

The Journal of a Disappointed Man |Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion
Its notes are harsh and varied, being usually a ti-ti-chee or pretty-pretty.

Birds of the Indian Hills |Douglas Dewar
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hallward eschew the "pretty-pretty" type, and are bent on producing really "decorative" pages.

Children's Books and Their Illustrators |Gleeson White
"'Pretty-pretty,' substantially," translated the Tyro, recovering himself.

Little Miss Grouch |Samuel Hopkins Adams

Had this audaciously handsome man a cult for the pretty-pretty?

December Love |Robert Hichens