PRETTY

pretty

(adjective) pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; “pretty girl”; “pretty song”; “pretty room”

pretty

(adjective) (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; “a pretty mess”; “a pretty kettle of fish”

reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably

(adverb) to certain extent or degree; “pretty big”; “pretty bad”; “jolly decent of him”; “the shoes are priced reasonably”; “he is fairly clever with computers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Pretty (plural Prettys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pretty is the 26975^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 899 individuals. Pretty is most common among White (66.41%) and Black/African American (24.03%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Pettry

Etymology

Adjective

pretty (comparative prettier, superlative prettiest)

Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children, but less strikingly than something beautiful. [from 15th c.]

Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing. [from 15th c.]

(often pejorative) Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty. [from 15th c.]

Cunning; clever, skilful. [from 9th c.]

(dated) Moderately large; considerable. [from 15th c.]

(dated) Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.). [from 16th c.]

(ironic) Awkward, unpleasant. [from 16th c.]

Antonyms

• ugly

Adverb

pretty (not comparable)

Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.

(dialect) Prettily, in a pretty manner.

Usage notes

• When particularly stressed, the adverb pretty serves almost to diminish the adjective or adverb that it modifies, by emphasizing that there are greater levels of intensity.

Noun

pretty (plural pretties)

A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person.

Something that is pretty.

Verb

pretty (third-person singular simple present pretties, present participle prettying, simple past and past participle prettied)

To make pretty; to beautify

Anagrams

• Pettry

Source: Wiktionary

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Pret"ty, a. [Compar. Prettier; superl. Prettiest.] Etym: [OE. prati, AS. prættig, prætig, crafty, sly, akin to præt, prætt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. practica execution, practice, plot. See Practice.]

1. 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. This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward. Shak.

2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. "Wavering a pretty while." Evelyn.

3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. Spectator.

4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.

5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.] [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome. Sir W. Scott.

Syn.

– Elegant; neat; fine. See Handsome.

Pret"ty, adv.

Definition: In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather. Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian. Atterbury.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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