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Definitions

pretty

[prit-ee] / ˈprɪt i /
ADJECTIVE
attractive
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attractive beautiful charming cute elegant good-looking graceful handsome lovely neat pleasant
STRONG
fair
WEAK
appealing beauteous boss cheerful cher comely dainty darling delicate delightful dishy fine foxy pleasing pulchritudinous tasteful
Antonyms
STRONGEST
homely repulsive ugly unattractive
ADVERB
very; moderately
Synonyms
STRONGEST
a little considerably fairly kind of moderately quite rather reasonably somewhat very
WEAK
ample pretty much sort of tolerably

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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Molnar, a 37-year-old marketer from Michigan, thinks the hosts have done a pretty good job keeping the show’s vulnerability intact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“It’s just kind of a perfect storm to get a pretty sizable snapback.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“From an ocean warmth perspective, we are now entering a pretty dramatic period” for this part of the world, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

I don't say this about many of my predictions, but I am pretty certain about how this will end up - with the points shared.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

I’m pretty sure it’s the feeling of my heart breaking as I allow the shield of lies that I wrapped around it, protecting it for so long, to dissolve the rest of the way away.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam