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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She also said she was outside for "pretty much the whole time".

From BBC

“I think people in Europe are going to be pretty blown away by how good the Tesla car AI is.”

From MarketWatch

“He’s pretty certain cheetahs are a type of cat,” he muses before meeting Chase.

From The Wall Street Journal

The capital changes would help “make it easier to pull deals off” and set the industry up for a “pretty active” second half of the year, said Frank Sorrentino IV, an investment banker at Stephens.

From The Wall Street Journal

Intelligent Investor columnist Jason Zweig is pretty sure how it will affect investors, though.

From The Wall Street Journal

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