dearly vs pretty

dearly

adv
  • In a dear or precious manner. 

  • In a dear or expensive manner. 

  • At great expense. 

pretty

adv
  • Prettily, in a pretty manner. 

  • Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very. 

verb
  • To make pretty; to beautify 

noun
  • Something that is pretty. 

  • A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person. 

adj
  • Cunning; clever, skilful. 

  • Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty. 

  • Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing. 

  • Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children. 

  • Awkward, unpleasant. 

How often have the words dearly and pretty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )