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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.

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

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pretti·ly adv.

pretti·ness n.

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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

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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

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pretty

adj pretty [ˈpriti]

1 (not usually of boys and men) pleasing or attractive a pretty girl/tune/picture/dress. mooi ظَريفَه، جَذّابَه، وَسيمَه хубав půvabný køn; pæn hübsch χαριτωμένος, ευχάριστος bonito, lindo kena قشنگ؛ با نمک sievä joli יָפָה मनोहर zgodan,lijep csinos cantik laglegur, sætur carino, grazioso かわいい 예쁜, 귀여운 gražus, dailus, puikus glīts; jauks cantik mooi pen, nydelig, fin ładny bonito drăguţ хорошенький; симпатичный pôvabný čeden lep söt, fin, näpen สวย güzel 悅人的，漂亮的 гарненький, миловидний دل کش، خوش نما xinh xắn; đẹp 悦人的，漂亮的

2 used jokingly This is a pretty mess! mooi فَشَلا ذَريعاً хубав pěkný nydelig schön ωραίος (σαρκαστικά) buen paras خوب varsinainen beau, joli “יָפֶה מְאוֹד” बढ़िया lijepu si kašu zakuhao meglehetős indah laglegur bello ひどい 상당한 gražus (ironiski) jauks; lielisks; varens cantik mooi nydelig, fin niezły grozav хорошенький, весёленький pekný lep priličan skön มากมาย şahane, müthiş (諷刺語)妙的 хороший عمدہ، مزاحاً بولا جاتا ہے hay ho gớm （讽刺语）妙的

adv

rather That's pretty good; He's pretty old now. nogal إلى حدٍ ما доста dosti, docela ret ziemlich αρκετά bastante üsna نسبتاً melko assez, plutôt למעשה बहुत कुछ, पर्याप्त मात्रा में prilično eléggé agak frekar, nokkuð abbastanza; piuttosto かなり 꽤, 어지간히 gana, ganėtinai diezgan; visai agak vrij ganske, temmelig dość bastante destul de довольно dosť precej prilično rätt, ganska ค่อนข้าง oldukça, epeyce 相當 доволі, досить خاصا khá 相当

adv ˈprettily

mooi بِظرافَه، بِجاذِبِيَّه хубаво pěkně pænt; nydeligt hübsch όμορφα lindamente kenasti با قشنگی sievästi joliment דֵי आकर्षक ढंग से lijepo,dražesno kedvesen, csinosan dengan indahnya laglega graziosamente, bene かわいらしく 예쁘게 gražiai glīti; jauki cantik mooi pent, nydelig, nett ładnie lindamente drăgălaş красиво pekne ljubko lepo sött, fint, näpet อย่างน่ารัก güzelce 優美地 гарно, привабливо خوش اسلوبي سے một cách duyên dáng 优美地

n ˈprettiness

mooiheid جاذِبِيَّه، ظَرافَه، وَسامَه хубост půvab pænhed; nydeligt udseende die Hübschheit ομορφιά belleza, guapura kenadus قشنگی suloisuus joliesse יוֹפִי मनोहरता, रमणीयता ljepota,dražest kedvesség, bájosság, csinosság kecantikan fríðleiki graziosità かわいらしさ 예쁨 gražumas glītums; piemīlība; jaukums kecantikan schoonheid penhet uroda lindeza drăgălăşenie привлекательность;миловидность pôvab ljubkost lepota söthet, finhet, näpenhet ความน่ารัก güzellik 漂亮 привабливість دل کشي، حسن sự duyên dáng 漂亮

pretty much the same, *alike etc

more or less the same, alike etc. so te sê dieselfde مُتَشابِهان، نَفْس الشيء горе-долу същото skoro totéž næsten so ziemlich dasselbe σχεδόν το ίδιο más o menos lo mismo peaaegu sama شبیه jokseenkin à peu près pareil כִּמעָט बहुत ज्यादा to je uglavnom isto nagyjából ugyanaz serupa nokkurn veginn eins (quasi lo stesso) ほゞ同じ 거의 같은 beveik toks pats, labai panašus gandrīz tāpat/tikpat; visai līdzīgi lebih kurang sama min of meer hetzelfde, gelijk mer eller mindre like całkiem podobny, prawie taki sam mais ou menos o mesmo cam la fel почти то же самое skoro to isté skoraj isto otprilike isto i stort sett samma/likadan ค่อนข้างเหมือนกัน hemen hemen aynı 幾乎(全部)一樣 майже такий самий برابر hầu như 几乎（全部）一样

pretty well

nearly I've pretty well finished. nogal goed تَقريبا почти skoro næsten fast σχεδόν casi samahästi kui تقریباً miltei à peu près כִּמעָט बहुत कुछ dosta dobro jóformán hampir nærri því quasi ほとんど 거의 beveik gandrīz hampir zo goed als nesten, omtrent prawie quase aproape почти skoro skoraj skoro nästan เกือบจะ hemen hemen, neredeyse 就要(完成了)，接近 майже تقريباً gần như 就要（完成了），接近