Pretty

Word PRETTY
Character 6
Hyphenation pret ty
Pronunciations /ˈpɹɪti/

Definitions and meanings of "Pretty"

What do we mean by pretty?

Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way. synonym: beautiful. adjective

Clever; adroit. adjective

Very bad; terrible. adjective

Ostensibly or superficially attractive but lacking substance or conviction. adjective

Considerable in size or extent. adjective

To a fair degree; moderately. adverb

In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly. adverb

One that is pretty. noun

Delicate clothing, especially lingerie. noun

To make pretty. transitive verb

(pretty much) For the most part; mostly. idiom

Moderately; reasonably; tolerably: expressing a degree less than very: as, a farm pretty well stocked; pretty good lodgings; I am pretty sure of the fact.

Crafty; cunning; clever; shrewd; keen.

Strong and bold; warlike; accomplished in arms.

Comely; handsome; good-looking; hence, in later use, pleasing to the esthetic sense; attractive through grace, elegance, neatness, harmony of parts, or delicacy of outline or coloring; having delicate beauty; pleasing the eye or ear rather than impressing the mind: as, a pretty face; a pretty cottage; a pretty picture.

Hence Affectedly neat or fastidious about one's personal appearance; finical; foppish.

Pleasing in general; pleasing to the mind; interesting; entertaining; gratifying.

Excellent; good; fine; nice: said loosely, like fine and nice, of almost any object or action as a general term of commendation, and also, like fine and nice, often used ironically, especially in exclamatory sentences.

Good or sufficient; moderately large in quantity, number, extent, duration, etc.; considerable.

A term of endearment, supplying the place of a diminutive.

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

Something that is pretty.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Pretty

The word "pretty" in example sentences

Wow..so this is the first time that I found your site..pretty said considering I thought I was pretty smart! ❋ Unknown (2008)

If you talk of bathing, they will advise you to _dook oonder_; and should a mother present her baby to you she will call it her _smook barn_, her pretty bairn or child, _smook_ being the Norse word for _pretty_. ❋ Unknown (1859)

_Singing, Laughing all, Singing Laughing all, like pretty pretty_ Poll. ❋ Thomas D'Urfey (1688)

T. e of the pretty O F E N G L A N D* 245 pretty dairy plats that belonged - to the abbot; we take with us Darelbury, a pretty* parifti - church, and by the fide of it a fair houfe and de - mefnc of a long continued dcfcent of the Daniels, and now Mr. Daniel's -, and Prefton, called Pref - ton on the Hill. ❋ Unknown (1778)

II. iii.28 (195,3) _With, every thing that pretty bin_] is very properly restored by Hanmer, for _pretty is_; but he too grammatically reads, ❋ Samuel Johnson (1746)

The title pretty much says it all but be prepared for a lot of twists and turns in the storyline; surprise elements that only a talented voice such as Cairo could come up with. ❋ Cairo (2011)

Like, his word pretty much determines the course of our lives. ❋ Sophia Hollander (2011)

The title pretty much sums up the goal of the book: guilt by association. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And the title pretty much confirms it all, when you know how to read between the lines. ❋ Chris Benson (2010)

The title pretty much gives away the entire film–a lone ballerina, off dancing in a field, runs afoul of a member of the walking dead gnawing on a head. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'm one of the people who defends Haute Tension as much as I can the ending is forgiven by the title pretty much describing the entire film, and I know Aja has had a few hits and a miss. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The label pretty much let us have our way but when they got serious about making their quota, they would sometimes push Flipmode to the side. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I would explain the plot but the title pretty much does it for me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The label pretty much makes its money solely on the premise that if teenagers like to see rubbish actors in movies, they will LOVE hearing them sing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This episode is the follow-up to "Goodbye, Johnny," and the title pretty much removes any suspense about whether he was going to come back to the station. ❋ Jaime J. Weinman (2009)

Red said the title pretty much indicated why the professor didn't want to read it himself. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And Rush has the term pretty well locked down, which he defines as meaning you're a fan of the show and you appreciate having someone on the radio who agrees with your worldview. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Consider This: Despite its Hindi origin, this name has an unflattering downhome image, because “purdy” is an exaggerated way to pronounce the word pretty with a Southern accent. ❋ Bruce Lansky (2008)

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