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| Grammar : Adj, adv |
| Spell : prit-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪt i |
Top 10 synonyms for pretty
Other synonyms for the word pretty
- ample
- appealing
- beauteous
- boss
- cheerful
- cher
- comely
- dainty
- darling
- delicate
- delightful
- dishy
- dreamboat
- eyeful
- fair
- fine
- foxy
- large
- looker
- lovely
- moderately
- more or less
- much
- neat
- nice
- notable
- picture
- pleasant
- pleasing
- pretty much
- pulchritudinous
- quite
- rather
- reasonably
- sizable
- some
- something
- sort of
- tasteful
- tolerably
Définition of pretty
Origin :
- Old English prættig (West Saxon), pretti (Kentish), *prettig (Mercian) «cunning, skillful, artful, wily, astute,» from prætt, *prett «a trick, wile, craft,» from West Germanic *pratt- (cf. Old Norse prettr «a trick,» prettugr «tricky;» Frisian pret, Middle Dutch perte, Dutch pret «trick, joke,» Dutch prettig «sportive, funny,» Flemish pertig «brisk, clever»), of unknown origin.
- Connection between Old English and Middle English words is uncertain, but if they are the same, meaning had shifted by c.1400 to «manly, gallant,» and later moved via «attractive, skillfully made,» to «fine,» to «beautiful in a slight way» (mid-15c.). Ironical use from 1530s. For sense evolution, compare nice, silly. Also used of bees (c.1400). «After the OE. period the word is unknown till the 15th c., when it becomes all at once frequent in various senses, none identical with the OE., though derivable from it» [OED].
- Meaning «not a few, considerable» is from late 15c. With a sense of «moderately,» qualifying adjectives and adverbs, since 1560s. Pretty please as an emphatic plea is attested from 1902. A pretty penny «lot of money» is first recorded 1768.
- adj attractive
- adv considerable; somewhat
Example sentences :
- You folks been cuttin’ a pretty wide swath here in New York.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- «I’ve got something to do pretty quick,» thought Robert, with satisfaction.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- «That’s a pretty good afternoon’s work,» he said to himself.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Seems to me she did pretty well here; I don’t see any kicks due her.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- «I’ve got a pretty good digestion, mother,» said Robert, laughing.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- If she had said, «Pretty Annie,» there would have been some sense in it.
- Extract from : « Little Annie’s Ramble (From «Twice Told Tales») » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Let me ask you, child, if you will give your pretty proposal in writing?
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- «I may be pretty rotten, but I’m not that kind of cad,» said he.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- You’ll make a pretty little target against the light, besides.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Even Ashton said, «Weston, you are coming it pretty strong, old fellow!»
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
Antonyms for pretty
- disagreeable
- disgusting
- homely
- offensive
- repulsive
- ugly
- unattractive
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All synonyms in one line
fairly, halfway, moderately, nearly, partially, en.synonym.one, quite, rather, reasonably, somewhat, to some extent, tolerably, ample, attractive, beautiful, becoming, breathtaking, en.synonym.one, charming, cheerful, choice, colourful, comely, considerable, dainty, delightful, excellent, exquisite, fair, fine, flattering, fragile, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, interesting, large, lovely, en.synonym.one, neat, notable, panoramic, picturesque, pleasant, pleasing, precious, refined, scenic, seemly, select, spectacular, splendid, tasteful, unspoiled, die, game, gewgaw, plaything, toy, en.synonym.one, averagely, jolly, middling, middlingly, passably, en.synonym.one.
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adj
1 appealing, attractive, beautiful, bonny, charming, comely, cute, fair, good-looking, graceful, lovely, personable
2 bijou, dainty, delicate, elegant, fine, neat, nice, pleasing, tasteful, trim
adv
3 (informal) fairly, kind of (informal) moderately, quite, rather, reasonably, somewhat
Antonyms
1 plain, ugly, unattractive, unshapely, unsightly
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus 
pretty
( prettier comparative) ( prettiest superlative )
1 adj If you describe someone, especially a girl, as pretty, you mean that they look nice and are attractive in a delicate way.
She’s a very charming and very pretty girl.
♦
prettily adv
She smiled again, prettily.
♦
prettiness n-uncount
Her prettiness had been much admired.
2 adj A place or a thing that is pretty is attractive and pleasant, in a charming but not particularly unusual way.
Whitstable is still a very pretty little town.
♦
prettily adv
The living-room was prettily decorated.
♦
prettiness n-uncount
…shells of quite unbelievable prettiness.
3 adv You can use pretty before an adjective or adverb to mean `quite’ or `rather’.
INFORMAL ADV adj/adv
I had a pretty good idea what she was going to do…, Pretty soon after my arrival I found lodgings.
4 Pretty much or pretty well means `almost’.
INFORMAL
♦
pretty much/pretty well phrase
His new government looks pretty much like the old one…
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