PRETTY
\pɹˈɪti], \pɹˈɪti], \p_ɹ_ˈɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of PRETTY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
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pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"
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used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain); "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"
By Princeton University
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(used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
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pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.
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Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.
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Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.
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Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
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In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
By Oddity Software
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Pleasing because of grace and daintiness; pleasing to the eye; entertaining; trim; moderately large or excellent; fine.
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Fairly; moderately.
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Prettily.
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Prettiness.
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Prettiest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Prettily.
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Prettiness.
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Characterized by delicate beauty; dainty; pleasing; sweet.
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Moderately; somewhat.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Prettiness.
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Tasteful: pleasing: neat: beautiful without dignity: small: affected: (in contempt) fine.
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In some degree: moderately.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman