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Adverb: pretty  pritee
  1. To a moderately sufficient extent or degree
    "pretty big"; "pretty bad"
    - reasonably, moderately, jolly [Brit], somewhat, fairly, middling, passably, middlingly, averagely
Adjective: pretty (prettier,prettiest)  pritee
  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"
Verb: pretty  pritee
  1. Make attractive or pretty

Derived forms: prettied, pretties, prettier, prettying, prettiest

See also: bad, beautiful, prettily, prettiness

Encyclopedia: Pretty