Prettiness definitions

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRETTINESS, n. prit'tiness. [from pretty.]
1. Diminutive beauty; a pleasing form without stateliness or dignity; as the prettiness of the face; the prettiness of a bird or other small animal; the prettiness of dress.
2. Neatness and taste displayed on small objects; as the prettiness of a flower bed.
3. Decency of manners; pleasing propriety without dignity or elevation; as the prettiness of a child'd behavior.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) [syn: prettiness, cuteness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1617 1. the quality or state of being pretty 2. something pretty

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Prettiness Pret"ti*ness, n. The quality or state of being pretty; -- used sometimes in a disparaging sense. A style . . . without sententious pretension or antithetical prettiness. --Jeffrey.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see pretty