pretty

Speech parts

1. pretty - Noun

2. pretty - Adjective

3. pretty - Verb

4. pretty - Adverb

6. pretty - Adjective Satellite

7. Pretty - Proper noun

Meaning

Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.

Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.

Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.

Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.

Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.

In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

jolly somewhat fine fairly reasonably elegant moderately passably bonnie belle looker houri winsome some right

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Antonyms

ugly carrion ever mortuary frightful unbecoming

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Phrases with the word

pretty Polly pretty good very pretty as pretty as a picture costing a pretty penny pretty soon

Derivatives

prettied Prettier prettiest

Anagrams

Pettry

Examples

The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face. Kirk Douglas

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl. Charlie Chaplin

Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. Albert Einstein

A husband should not talk of pretty girls in front of his wife. Cambodian Proverb

A pretty basket does not prevent worries. African Congo Proverb

Pretty wife, old wine -- many friends. Bulgarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

prettikins prettily prettiness pretty as a picture pretty as a speckled pup pretty bad