English to English
pretty
('pr/I/t/i/
)
adjective (a)
- Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.(adjective)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- to a moderately sufficient extent or degree(adv.all)Example:
Pretty big.
Pretty bad.
Synonym:
fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, reasonably, somewhat
Antonym:
immoderately, unreasonablysource: wordnet30 - In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.(adverb)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing(adj.all)Example:
Pretty girl.
Pretty song.
Pretty room.
source: wordnet30 - (used ironically) unexpectedly bad(adj.all)Example:
A pretty mess.
A pretty kettle of fish.
source: wordnet30
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