'Pretty' definitions:
Definition of 'pretty'
From: WordNet
adverb
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" [syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant: immoderately, unreasonably]
adjective
Pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"
adjective
(used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
Definition of 'Pretty'
From: GCIDE
- Pretty \Pret"ty\, adv. In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather. [1913 Webster]
- Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pretty'
From: GCIDE
- Pretty \Pret"ty\, a. [Compar. Prettier; superl. Prettiest.] [OE. prati, AS. pr[ae]ttig, pr[ae]tig, crafty, sly, akin to pr[ae]t, pr[ae]tt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. practica execution, practice, plot. See Practice.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. "Wavering a pretty while." --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. [1913 Webster]
- The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Elegant; neat; fine. See Handsome. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pretty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a bit,
- a little,
- acceptably,
- adequately,
- adroit,
- aesthetic,
- aesthetically appealing,
- almighty,
- appealing,
- attractive,
- awfully,
- beauteous,
- beautiful,
- bonny,
- catchy,
- charming,
- clever,
- comely,
- cunning,
- cute,
- darling,
- decently,
- die,
- ducky,
- dulcet,
- elegant,
- endowed with beauty,
- euphonious,
- exceedingly,
- exquisite,
- extremely,
- eye-filling,
- fair,
- fairishly,
- fairly,
- fairly well,
- fetching,
- fine,
- flowerlike,
- good,
- good-looking,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- handsome,
- harmonious,
- heavy,
- in a measure,
- in a way,
- in some measure,
- incredibly,
- just,
- kind of,
- lovely,
- lyrical,
- mellifluous,
- melodic,
- melodious,
- mightily,
- mighty,
- moderately,
- more or less,
- musical,
- only too,
- passably,
- plaything,
- powerful,
- powerfully,
- presentably,
- pretty much,
- pretty well,
- pulchritudinous,
- quite,
- rather,
- real,
- really,
- reasonably,
- respectably,
- right,
- satisfactorily,
- scarcely,
- slightly,
- so,
- some,
- something,
- somewhat,
- sort of,
- terribly,
- terrifically,
- to a degree,
- to some extent,
- tolerably,
- toy,
- tuneful,
- unexceptionably,
- very,
- well enough,
- wicked,
- winsome,
- workmanlike