= sweetly, adv. 4.

In a cunning or clever manner; ingeniously, skilfully, neatly. Now archaic and rare.

So as to be pleasing to the sight or the æsthetic sense; delightfully, charmingly.

Qualifying a verb or participial adjective: prettily, esp. politely, neatly, properly. to play pretty: to act amenably or compliantly.