pooty

English

Adjective

pooty (comparative more pooty, superlative most pooty)

1. (dialectal) pretty
   • 1857, The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 1, No.1, Sally Parson's Duty

     "Bless your pooty little figger-head, Sally! I don't know as 'tis, but suthin' nigh about as bad is a-comin...

Adverb

pooty (comparative more pooty, superlative most pooty)

1. (dialectal) pretty
   • 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter VIII

     "Well, you see, it 'uz dis way. Ole missus--dat's Miss Watson--she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she awluz said she wouldn' sell me down to Orleans.