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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing;
- Example: "pretty girl"
- Example: "pretty song"
- Example: "pretty room"

2. (used ironically) unexpectedly bad;
- Example: "a pretty mess"
- Example: "a pretty kettle of fish"


ADVERB (1)

1. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree;
- Example: "pretty big"
- Example: "pretty bad"
- Example: "jolly decent of him"
- Example: "the shoes are priced reasonably"
- Example: "he is fairly clever with computers"
[syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian.
                                                  --Atterbury.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever
            Ran on the greensward.                --Shak.
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   2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty
      fortune. "Wavering a pretty while." --Evelyn.
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   3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.
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            The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the
            world.                                --Spectator.
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   4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a
      pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
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   5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.]
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            [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not
            handsome.                             --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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   Syn: Elegant; neat; fine. See Handsome.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pretty
    adv 1: 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]
    adj 1: pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty
           girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"
    2: (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a
       pretty kettle of fish"