Old and Pretty

Old

Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

Pretty and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretty" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Pretty

Pretty adjective - Giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses.

Old and pretty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Pretty".

Nearby Words: prettily, prettied, prettying

Both words in one sentence

  • Older Than They Look / Anime and Manga Alicia is 19 years old and pretty much looks that way, which doesn't match well with her supposed long experience as an undine.
  • Western Animation / The Weekenders During the series finale "Tino's Dad" where Tino's old man comes to visit (instead of their usual other way around) for the first time in eight years, and the guy dishes out some pretty good zingers.
  • Some readers have suggested Tiffany Aching, the nine-year-old witch in The Wee Free Men doesn't seem like a real nine-year-old (she seems to pretty much run the dairy herself, for a start).
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