Comparatively comely

Usage examples of prettier.

What galled me excessively was that most of my half_blood half sisters were far prettier than any of the full blood, with the exception of Silma, my next oldest sister.

This small country cemetery was prettier and more peaceful than the large, manicured "garden of rest" where Jeanette was buried.

Poor India, thought Scarlett, she’s had so much trouble keeping house since her mother died that she’s never had the chance to catch any beau except Stuart Tarleton, and it certainly wasn’t my fault if he thought I was prettier than she.

Her own clothes were prettier and newer than most, thanks to the material Rhett Butler had brought her on the last boat he ran in, but, after all, she was nineteen and getting along and men had a way of chasing silly young things.

I’ve often wondered what it was about you that made me always remember you, for I’ve known many ladies who were prettier than you and certainly more clever and, I fear, morally more upright and kind.

Darling, I couldn’t help noticing from the first time I saw you two together that she was jealous of you and hated you, because you were so much prettier and had so many beaux.

And has anyone a prettier house than mine or nicer clothes or finer horses?

She'd always been prettier, but Lucinda had been the one who'd caught Marshall Davenport's eye, Lucinda who had married the richest man in northwest Alabama, and envy had nearly eaten Gloria alive.

Daisy said, getting teary-eyed again be­cause it really was pretty—well, prettier than she had expected.

Myself, I always thought Cinderella was prettier than Sleeping Beauty, because she was blond.

He proved it by never mentioning that other pal of Longarm's up on Capitol Hill, one far prettier than his boss.

He'd been lied to by experts, some of them even prettier, so he knew he could be fooled.

Though if push came to shove, that widow woman had a prettier face to admire, especially while she was doing all the work on top.

But it wasn't that long ago you were too young for me, and to tell the truth, I find you just about right and even prettier than I thought whilst I was coming with some other image just a moment or so ago.

For while a flirty gal got on at Trinidad, and an even prettier flirt came aboard at K.