pretty (redirected from prettier)

pret·ty  (prt)

adj. pret·ti·er, pret·ti·est

1. Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way. See Synonyms at beautiful.

2. Clever; adroit: a pretty maneuver.

3. Very bad; terrible: in a pretty predicament; a situation that has reached a pretty pass.

4. Ostensibly or superficially attractive but lacking substance or conviction: full of pretty phrases.

5. Informal Considerable in size or extent: a pretty fortune.

adv.

1. To a fair degree; moderately: a pretty good student.

2. In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly.

n. pl. pret·ties

1. One that is pretty.

2. pretties Delicate clothing, especially lingerie.

tr.v. pret·tied, pret·ty·ing, pret·ties

To make pretty: pretty up the house.

Idiom:

pretty much

For the most part; mostly: "The . . . matter was pretty much dying down" John Strahinich.

---

[Middle English prety, clever, fine, handsome, from Old English prættig, cunning, from prætt, trick.]

---

pretti·ly adv.

pretti·ness n.

---

pretty

Adjective

[-tier, -tiest]

1. attractive in a delicate or graceful way

2. pleasant to look at

3. Informal, often ironic excellent or fine: well, this is a pretty state of affairs to have got into

Adverb

1. Informal fairly: I think he and Nicholas got on pretty well

2. sitting pretty Informal in a favourable state [Old English prættig clever]

prettily adv
prettiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pretty - pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room" beautiful - delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"
	2.	pretty - (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish" irony - a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
Adv.	1.	pretty - to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, reasonably, somewhat

---

pretty

adjective 1. attractive, appealing, beautiful, sweet, lovely, charming, fair, fetching, good-looking, cute, graceful, bonny, personable, comely, prepossessing << OPPOSITE plain

adjective 2. pleasant, fine, pleasing, nice, elegant, trim, delicate, neat, tasteful, dainty, bijou

adverb 3. (Informal) fairly, rather, quite, kind of (informal) somewhat, moderately, reasonably

Translations

pretty [ˈprɪtɪ] adj (gen) → bonito, lindo (LAM)

adv → bastante

pretty [ˈprɪtɪ] adj → joli(e)

adv → assez

pretty [ˈprɪtɪ] adj → hübsch, nett

adv pretty clever → ganz schön schlau;

pretty good → ganz gut

pretty [ˈprɪtɪ] adj → grazioso/a, carino/a

adv → abbastanza, assai

---

pretty

adj pretty [ˈpriti]

1 (not usually of boys and men) pleasing or attractive a pretty girl/tune/picture/dress.mooiظَريفَه، جَذّابَه، وَسيمَهхубавpůvabnýkøn; pænhübschχαριτωμένος, ευχάριστοςbonito, lindokenaقشنگ؛ با نمکsieväjoliיָפָהमनोहरzgodan,lijepcsinoscantiklaglegur, sæturcarino, graziosoかわいい예쁜, 귀여운gražus, dailus, puikusglīts; jaukscantikmooipen, nydelig, finładnybonitodrăguţхорошенький; симпатичныйpôvabnýčedenlepsöt, fin, näpenสวยgüzel悅人的，漂亮的гарненький, миловиднийدل کش، خوش نماxinh xắn; đẹp悦人的，漂亮的

2 used jokingly This is a pretty mess!mooiفَشَلا ذَريعاًхубавpěknýnydeligschönωραίος (σαρκαστικά)buenparasخوبvarsinainenbeau, joli“יָפֶה מְאוֹד”बढ़ियाlijepu si kašu zakuhaomeglehetősindahlaglegurbelloひどい상당한gražus(ironiski) jauks; lielisks; varenscantikmooinydelig, finniezłygrozavхорошенький, весёленькийpeknýleppriličanskönมากมายşahane, müthiş(諷刺語)妙的хорошийعمدہ، مزاحاً بولا جاتا ہےhay ho gớm（讽刺语）妙的

adv

rather That's pretty good; He's pretty old now.nogalإلى حدٍ ماдостаdosti, docelaretziemlichαρκετάbastanteüsnaنسبتاًmelkoassez, plutôtלמעשהबहुत कुछ, पर्याप्त मात्रा मेंpriličnoeléggéagakfrekar, nokkuðabbastanza; piuttostoかなり꽤, 어지간히gana, ganėtinaidiezgan; visaiagakvrijganske, temmeligdośćbastantedestul deдовольноdosťprecejpriličnorätt, ganskaค่อนข้างoldukça, epeyce相當доволі, доситьخاصاkhá相当

adv ˈprettily

mooiبِظرافَه، بِجاذِبِيَّهхубавоpěkněpænt; nydeligthübschόμορφαlindamentekenastiبا قشنگیsievästijolimentדֵיआकर्षक ढंग सेlijepo,dražesnokedvesen, csinosandengan indahnyalaglegagraziosamente, beneかわいらしく예쁘게gražiaiglīti; jaukicantikmooipent, nydelig, nettładnielindamentedrăgălaşкрасивоpekneljubkoleposött, fint, näpetอย่างน่ารักgüzelce優美地гарно, привабливоخوش اسلوبي سےmột cách duyên dáng优美地

n ˈprettiness

mooiheidجاذِبِيَّه، ظَرافَه، وَسامَهхубостpůvabpænhed; nydeligt udseendedie Hübschheitομορφιάbelleza, guapurakenadusقشنگیsuloisuusjoliesseיוֹפִיमनोहरता, रमणीयताljepota,dražestkedvesség, bájosság, csinosságkecantikanfríðleikigraziositàかわいらしさ예쁨gražumasglītums; piemīlība; jaukumskecantikanschoonheidpenheturodalindezadrăgălăşenieпривлекательность;миловидностьpôvabljubkostlepotasöthet, finhet, näpenhetความน่ารักgüzellik漂亮привабливістьدل کشي، حسنsự duyên dáng漂亮

pretty much the same, *alike etc

more or less the same, alike etc. so te sê dieselfdeمُتَشابِهان، نَفْس الشيءгоре-долу същотоskoro totéžnæstenso ziemlich dasselbeσχεδόν το ίδιοmás o menos lo mismopeaaegu samaشبیهjokseenkinà peu près pareilכִּמעָטबहुत ज्यादाto je uglavnom istonagyjából ugyanazserupanokkurn veginn eins(quasi lo stesso)ほゞ同じ거의 같은beveik toks pats, labai panašusgandrīz tāpat/tikpat; visai līdzīgilebih kurang samamin of meer hetzelfde, gelijkmer eller mindre likecałkiem podobny, prawie taki sammais ou menos o mesmocam la felпочти то же самоеskoro to istéskoraj istootprilike istoi stort sett samma/likadanค่อนข้างเหมือนกันhemen hemen aynı幾乎(全部)一樣майже такий самийبرابرhầu như几乎（全部）一样

pretty well

nearly I've pretty well finished.nogal goedتَقريباпочтиskoronæstenfastσχεδόνcasisamahästi kuiتقریباًmilteià peu prèsכִּמעָטबहुत कुछdosta dobrojóformánhampirnærri þvíquasiほとんど거의beveikgandrīzhampirzo goed alsnesten, omtrentprawiequaseaproapeпочтиskoroskorajskoronästanเกือบจะhemen hemen, neredeyse就要(完成了)，接近майжеتقريباًgần như就要（完成了），接近