pretty

UK /ˈpɹɪt.i/ US /ˈpɹɪt.i/
adj 5adv 2noun 2name 2verb 1

Definitions

adj

1

Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.

Having brought it to a close, he took his way to the Kursaal. The great German watering-place is one of the prettiest nooks in Europe, and of a summer evening in the gaming days, five-and-twenty years ago, it was one of the most brilliant scenes.

Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week

2

Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

Some fans may have mistaken the album’s floatiness for aimlessness, but Mr. Mercer’s songs have never been sneakier, or prettier.

'Petit Posy' brassicas […] are a cross between kale and brussels sprouts, and are really very pretty with a mild, sweet taste.

3

Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.

Damned by the Socialists as "traitors to the working class," its leaders were decried by Tories as "faceless peddlers of politics with a pretty little trinket for every taste."

4

Effeminate.

5

Cunning; clever, skilful.

In the end, however, it was a very pretty shot, right across the chasm; killed first fire, and the brute fell headlong into the brook […].

adv

1

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

They are proud, and vveare their hayre pretty long, and about their criſpes vvreath a valuable Shaſh or Tulipant; […]

By the Sheets you have sent me to peruse, the Account you have given of her Birth and Parentage is pretty exact [...].

2

Prettily, in a pretty manner.

'The boy sings pretty, don't he, Master Marner?'

noun

1

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

I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!

2

Something that is pretty.

We'll stop at the knife store and look at the sharp pretties.

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