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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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I guess to that end, I watch Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue every night and I think that it’s pretty drop-dead gorgeous.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

RAND: Most of the evaluations that I’ve seen suggest the information from commercial LLMs is pretty good.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

"It's long past the time now from when they should have been opened and we need see that pretty soon," she said.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

This was pretty close to going 5–4 the other way.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

“She must of felt pretty poorly tonight. She died.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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