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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 [ˈprɪtɪ]

adj -tier, -tiest

1. pleasing or appealing in a delicate or graceful way

2. dainty, neat, or charming

3. Informal, often ironic excellent, grand, or fine here's a pretty mess!

4. Informal lacking in masculinity; effeminate; foppish

5. Scot vigorous or brave

6. an archaic word for elegant

a pretty penny Informal a large sum of money

sitting pretty Informal well placed or established financially, socially, etc.

n pl -ties

a pretty person or thing

adv

1. Informal fairly or moderately; somewhat

2. Informal quite or very

vb -ties, -tying, -tied

(tr; often foll by up) to make pretty; adorn

[Old English prættig clever; related to Middle Low German prattich obstinate, Dutch prettig glad, Old Norse prettugr cunning]

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 She's a charming and pretty girl.
attractive unattractive, plain, ugly, unsightly, unshapely

2. pleasant, fine, pleasing, nice, elegant, trim, delicate, neat, tasteful, dainty, bijou comfortable sofas covered in a pretty floral print

adverb

(Informal) fairly, rather, quite, kind of (informal), somewhat, moderately, reasonably I had a pretty good idea what she was going to do.

Translations

pretty [ˈprɪtɪ]

A. ADJ (prettier (compar) (prettiest (superl)))

1. (= attractive) [dress, object, baby] → bonito, mono, lindo(LAm); [girl] → bonito, guapo, lindo(LAm); [name, smile] → bonito, lindo(LAm)
what a pretty hat! → ¡qué sombrero más bonito!, ¡qué sombrero más mono!, ¡qué monada de sombrero!
I'm not just a pretty face you know → para que te enteres, no soy tonta
it'll cost you a pretty penny → te va a costar un ojo de la cara or un dineral
it was not a pretty sight → no era nada agradable de ver
she was as pretty as a picture → era preciosa
the garden was as pretty as a picture → el jardín era de foto
see also pass A5

2. (= large) [sum] → bonito, importante

3. (iro) → bueno
a pretty mess you've got us into! → ¡en vaya or menudo or buen lío nos has metido!

B. ADV → bastante
he got pretty cross → se enfadó bastante
I have a pretty fair or good idea who did it → estoy casi seguro de quién lo hizo
it sounds pretty far-fetched to me → me parece bastante inverosímil
she got pretty good marks → sacó unas notas bastante buenas
pretty damn or damned quick → bien pronto
he's pretty damn stupid → es bien estúpido
it's pretty much the same → es mas o menos igual, es prácticamente lo mismo
he goes there pretty nearly every day → va allí casi or prácticamente todos los días
pretty well I'm pretty well finished → ya casi he terminado
that's pretty well everything → eso es todo más o menos
see also sit A1

C. N (as excl) gee up, my pretty! (to horse) → ¡arre, caballito!
I'll get you, my pretty! (threatening) → ¡de mí no te escapas, preciosa or bonita!

pretty up VT + ADV = prettify

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pretty [ˈprɪti]

adj

[baby, child, woman, face] → joli(e) before n
She's very pretty → Elle est très jolie.
to look pretty [girl, woman] → être joli(e)

[dress, pattern, village, garden, house] → joli(e) before n
to look pretty [flowers, garden] → être joli(e)

adv

pretty much (= almost) → pratiquement
It's pretty much the same → C'est pratiquement la même chose.
pretty well (= almost) → pratiquement
I travel pretty well every week → Je voyage pratiquement toutes les semaines.

(= quite) → assez
I had a pretty good idea of what she was going to do → J'avais une assez bonne idée de ce qu'elle allait faire.
pretty soon → très bientôt
pretty soon after → peu de temps après
He left pretty soon after my arrival → Il est parti peu de temps après mon arrivée.
pretty well → plutôt bien
I'm pretty well at the moment, thanks → Je vais plutôt bien en ce moment, merci.
pretty bad → plutôt mauvais(e)
That film was pretty bad → Ce film était plutôt mauvais.
pretty awful
The weather was pretty awful → Il faisait un temps assez épouvantable.

to be sitting pretty → pouvoir dormir sur ses deux oreilles
He is sitting pretty financially → Financièrement, il peut dormir sur ses deux oreilles.

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pretty

adj (+er)

→ hübsch, nett; manners, compliment, speech → artig; to be pretty (also pej: man) → hübsch sein; a pretty man (pej) → ein Schönling m; to make oneself pretty → sich hübsch machen; I’m not just a pretty face! (inf) → ich bin gar nicht so dumm (wie ich aussehe) (inf); she’s not just a pretty face! (inf) → sie hat auch Köpfchen!; pretty Polly! (to parrot) → Lora, Lora!; it wasn’t pretty → das war alles andere als schön; it wasn’t a pretty sight → das war kein schöner Anblick; pretty-pretty (inf) → niedlich

(inf) → hübsch, schön (inf); price, sum → hübsch, stolz; it’ll cost a pretty penny → das wird eine schöne Stange Geld kosten (inf); a pretty state of affairs → eine schöne Geschichte; a pretty mess we’re in! → da sitzen wir ganz schön in der Tinte! (inf); say pretty please → sag mal schön bitte

adv (= rather) → ziemlich; good also → ganz; (= very also) → ganz schön (inf), → ganz hübsch (inf); pretty damn or damned good/quick → verdammt gut/schnell (inf), → ganz schön gut/schnell; pretty nearly or well finished → so gut wie or so ziemlich fertig (inf); how’s your job/the patient? — pretty much the same → was macht die Arbeit/der Patient? — so ziemlich wie immer/immer noch so ziemlich gleich

n my pretty → mein Sternchen

vt (inf) to pretty up → schön machen, verschönern

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pretty [ˈprɪtɪ]

1. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → grazioso/a, carino/a
he wasn't a pretty sight → non era bello da vedersi
it'll cost you a pretty penny! (fam) → ti costerà una bella sommetta!

2. adv (rather) → piuttosto; (very) → molto
pretty well (not badly) → piuttosto bene
pretty nearly (almost) → quasi, praticamente
it's pretty much the same (fam) → è praticamente uguale

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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 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 melkoinen beau, joli “יָפֶה מְאוֹד” बढ़िया lijepu si kašu zakuhao meglehetős indah laglegur bello ひどい 꽤 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 상당히 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 prettily

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 prettiness

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 pitkälti sama 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 lähes à peu près כִּמעָט बहुत कुछ dosta dobro jóformán hampir nærri því quasi ほとんど 대체로 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

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pretty → إلى حد معقول, وَسيم hezký, poměrně køn, ret hübsch, ziemlich αρκετά, ωραίος bastante, bonito kaunis, melko joli, plutôt ljepušan, prilično abbastanza, carino かなり, きれいな 상당히, 예쁜 behoorlijk, knap ganske, pen całkiem, ładny bonito, razoavelmente достаточно, хорошенький ganska, söt พอใช้ได้, สวย bayağı, hoş khá, xinh 恰当地, 漂亮的