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- [prit-ee]
- /ˈprɪt i/
- /ˈprɪti/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [prit-ee]
- /ˈprɪt i/
Definitions of pretty word
- adjective pretty pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face. 1
- adjective pretty (of things, places, etc.) pleasing to the eye, especially without grandeur. 1
- adjective pretty pleasing to the ear: a pretty tune. 1
- adjective pretty pleasing to the mind or aesthetic taste: He writes pretty little stories. 1
- adjective pretty (often used ironically) fine; grand: This is a pretty mess! 1
- adjective pretty Informal. considerable; fairly great: This accident will cost him a pretty sum. 1
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Origin of pretty
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English prati(e), pratte, prettie cunning, gallant, fine, handsome, pretty; Old English prættig, prettī cunning, derivative of prǣtt a trick, wile (cognate with Dutch part, pret trick, prank, Old Norse prettr trick, prettugr tricky)
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Parts of speech for Pretty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pretty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pretty usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pretty
adv pretty
- a little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- astonishingly — causing astonishment or surprise; amazing: an astonishing victory; an astonishing remark.
- averagely — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- in part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- in reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
adj pretty
- balletic — If you describe someone's movements as balletic, you mean that they have some of the graceful qualities of ballet.
- beauteous — Beauteous means the same as beautiful.
- becoming — A piece of clothing, a colour, or a hairstyle that is becoming makes the person who is wearing it look attractive.
- bewitching — enchanting; charming; fascinating.
- bonny — Someone or something that is bonny is attractive and nice to look at.
adjective pretty
- adequately — as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often followed by to or for): This car is adequate to our needs. adequate food for fifty people.
- dishy — Chiefly British. very attractive; pretty or beautiful: a couple of dishy fashion models.
- exquisite — Extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate.
- eyeful — A long, steady look at something.
- fairly — in a fair manner; justly or honestly; impartially.
adverb pretty
- ample — If there is an ample amount of something, there is enough of it and usually some extra.
- bearably — In a bearable manner.
- exaggeratedly — To an excessive degree; in an exaggerated manner.
- inappreciably — In an inappreciable manner.
- inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
Antonyms for pretty
adj pretty
- blood-stained — stained with blood: a bloodstained knife.
- fairier — (in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- ghastly — shockingly frightful or dreadful; horrible: a ghastly murder.
- ghoulish — strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
adjective pretty
- corpselike — Resembling a corpse.
- whitebread — any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
- workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.
- wraithlike — an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death.
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