purty

English

Alternative forms

• purdy

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti

Adjective

purty (comparative purtier, superlative purtiest)

1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of pretty.
   • 1939, John Steinbeck, chapter 22, in The Grapes of Wrath:

     Seen a purty girl down the road. Give her a big wink, too. Purty as hell, too.

Adverb

purty (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of pretty.
   • 2004, Randall Williams, Weren't No Good Times: Personal Accounts of Slavery in Alabama, John F. Blair, Publisher, →ISBN, page 114:

     They treated us purty good but we had to work hard.

   • 1988, Herbert M. Sutherland, Tall Tales of the Devil's Apron, The Overmountain Press, →ISBN, page 97:

     Wall, be that as it may, ol' Hosshead was a purty good citizen in his day, an' he shore did make Juneybell toe the mark.

Anagrams

• putry