pretty

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

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pretty [ˈprɪtɪ] adj → joli(e)

adv → assez

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pretty [ˈprɪtɪ] adj → hübsch, nett

adv pretty clever → ganz schön schlau;

pretty good → ganz gut

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

adv → abbastanza, assai