prettiness

pret·ty

 (prĭt′ē)

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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pret′ti·ly adv.

pret′ti·ness n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

prettiness - the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman) cuteness beauty - the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

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Translations

جاذِبِيَّه، ظَرافَه، وَسامَه

půvab

pænhed

joliesse

fríîleiki

grazia

penhet

güzellik

漂亮

prettiness

[ˈprɪtinɪs] n [baby, child, woman] → beauté f; [place, object] → beauté f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

prettiness

n (= pretty appearance) → hübsches Aussehen; (of place) → Schönheit f; (= charm) (of woman) → Anmut f, → Schönheit f; (of manners, compliment etc) → Artigkeit f; the prettiness of her hair/face → ihr hübsches Haar/Gesicht

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pretty

(ˈpriti) adjective

1. (not usually of boys and men) pleasing or attractive. a pretty girl/tune/picture/dress. mooi ظَريفَه، جَذّابَه، وَسيمَه хубав bonito půvabný hübsch køn; pæn χαριτωμένος, ευχάριστοςbonito, lindo kena قشنگ؛ با نمک sievä joliיפה मनोहर zgodan, lijep csinos cantik laglegur, sætur carino, grazioso かわいい 예쁜 gražus, dailus, puikus glīts; jauks cantik mooipen, nydelig, finładny ښكلى 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 bacana pěkný schön nydelig ωραίοςbuen 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 mooinydelig, finniezły ښه 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

adverb

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

ˈprettily adverb

mooi بِظرافَه، بِجاذِبِيَّه хубаво lindamente pěkně hübsch pænt; nydeligt όμορφαlindamente kenasti با قشنگی nätisti jolimentדי आकर्षक ढंग से lijepo, dražesno kedvesen, csinosan dengan indahnya laglega graziosamente, bene かわいらしく 예쁘게 gražiai glīti; jauki cantik mooipent, nydelig, nettładnie په ښكلا سره 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

ˈprettiness noun

mooiheid جاذِبِيَّه، ظَرافَه، وَسامَه хубост lindeza půvab die Hübschheit pænhed; nydeligt udseende ομορφιάbelleza, guapura kenadus قشنگی sievyys joliesseיופי मनोहरता, रमणीयता ljepota, dražest kedvesség, bájosság, csinosság kecantikan fríðleiki graziosità かわいらしさ 예쁨 gražumas glītums; piemīlība; jaukums kecantikan schoonheidpenheturoda ښكلا 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, pretty much alike etc

more or less the same, alike etc. so te sê dieselfde مُتَشابِهان، نَفْس الشيء горе-долу същото mais ou menos o mesmo skoro totéž so ziemlich dasselbe næsten σχεδόν το ίδιο más o menos lo mismo peaaegu sama شبیه pitkälti sama à peu près pareil כמעט 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 ورته 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 quase skoro fast næsten σχεδόνcasi samahästi kui تقریباً lähes à peu prèsכמעט बहुत कुछ dosta dobro jóformán hampir nærri því quasi ほとんど 대체로 beveik gandrīz hampir zo goed alsnesten, omtrentprawie څه نا څه 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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