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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 haven’t had a drink in years. The fact that I no longer even have a desire for it is pretty amazing.”

From Los Angeles Times

Her subject does a pretty good job of that on his own.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Bankruptcy judges in a few courts are competing for the big cases, so they approve pretty much whatever the attorneys are bold enough to charge,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

My mother was the family enforcer, but she had it pretty easy with me, since I was a “good kid.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"I think to be honest if you watch our game, it is pretty clear what we need and then it is a decision of Crystal Palace," said Glasner.

From Barron's