Thesaurus: pretty

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1. superl. 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.
2. superl. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.
3. superl. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.
4. superl. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
5. superl. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
6. adv. In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
7. adj. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
8. adj. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad
9. adv. to certain extent or degree
10. 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. This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward. Shak. 2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. "Wavering a pretty while." Evelyn. 3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. Spectator. 4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow. 5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.] [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome. Sir W. Scott. Syn. -- Elegant; neat; fine. See Handsome. In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather. Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian. Atterbury.
11. In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; --less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; prettycold weather.Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian. Atterbury.
12. n:1/r:78/j:21 s. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing s. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad