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pretty

[prit-ee] / ˈprɪt i /




Usage

What are other ways to say pretty? Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower. A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. 

Example Sentences

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France’s trains are fast and take you pretty much everywhere.

From Barron's

As Christian Armenians, his family had it pretty good under the shah of Iran, Saghatelian said, and didn’t suffer that much in the immediate aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

From Los Angeles Times

"You look at the age of some of the guys that performed well in this tournament and what they could achieve over the coming seven or eight years, it's pretty exciting," McCullum said.

From BBC

France pretty much top all of the stats charts - tries scored, carry metres, points per entry into the opposition 22, line breaks, defenders beaten, offloads, dominant tackles, fewest penalties conceded.

From BBC

Calculating his branch's sales for February, he says: "Of 14 sales, which is pretty good, five were sold as second homes."

From BBC