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pretty
9 ENTRIES FOUND:
prettier; prettiest
prettier; prettiest
Learner's definition of PRETTY
[also more pretty; most pretty]
1
a : attractive to look at usually in a simple or delicate way好看的；漂亮的；标致的 — used especially of a girl or woman尤用于女性
- a pretty dress漂亮的连衣裙
- pretty flowers美丽的花
- She has a pretty face.她有一张漂亮脸蛋。
- I've never seen her looking so happy or so pretty.我从未见过她如此高兴、如此美丽。
b : pleasant to look at or listen to好看的；好听的
- a pretty sunset/room/voice/name/poem美丽的日落；漂亮的房间；动听的嗓音；好听的名字；优美的诗篇
- That song is pretty. = That's a pretty song.那首歌很动听。
2
always used before a noun : large or impressive巨大的；令人印象深刻的
- He made a pretty profit selling his antique car.他卖掉古董车获利颇丰。
- She received a pretty sum of money.她收到了一大笔钱。
3
: pleasant to see or experience好看的；令人愉快的 — usually used in negative statements通常用于否定句
- What a pretty [=nice] day.多么美好的一天啊！
- The game wasn't pretty but at least we won.比赛不太好看，但至少我们赢了。
- It isn't going to be pretty when the mayor finds out his son has been arrested.知道儿子被捕了市长可不会好受的。
- The kitchen was not a pretty sight [=the kitchen was very messy] after we finished making breakfast.我们做完早餐后，厨房里不成样子了。
4
always used before a noun, old-fashioned : very unpleasant非常糟糕的
- What a pretty [=terrible] mess you've gotten us into!你把我们弄得一团糟！
- a pretty [=miserable] state of affairs糟糕的事态
a pretty penny
(as) pretty as a picture
old-fashioned : very attractive or pleasant to look at : very pretty非常好看的；美丽如画的
- She is as pretty as a picture!她美丽如画！
pretty face
◊ Someone who is not just a/another pretty face or more than (just) a pretty face is attractive but also has other good qualities, such as intelligence.不只脸蛋漂亮
- If he wants to get people to vote for him, he's got to prove he's more than just a pretty face.他要是想让人投他的票，就得证明自己不只脸蛋漂亮。
2 pretty /ˈprɪti/ adverb
2 pretty
/ˈprɪti/
adverb
Learner's definition of PRETTY
1
: to some degree or extent but not very or extremely : fairly相当；颇
- The house was pretty [=moderately, rather] big.房子相当大。
- It's pretty cold outside.外面挺冷。
- “Did you put the keys on the table?” “I'm pretty sure I did.”“你把钥匙放桌子上了吗？”“相当确定，放了。”
- The teams are pretty equally matched.这些球队水平相当接近。
- The work is pretty hard.这项工作相当难。
- I have to leave pretty soon.我得马上走。
- The movie was pretty good but not great.电影挺不错，但算不上非常好看。
- (US) I'm pretty near/nearly done. [=I'm almost done]我就快干完了。
2
: to a great degree or extent : very很；非常
- His injury was pretty bad. [=his injury was bad]他伤得很重。
- We got pretty [=quite] close.我们关系非常亲密。
- They've accomplished some pretty amazing things.他们做出了一些惊人之举。
- She was driving pretty fast.她车开得飞快。
pretty much/well
informal : not completely but mostly大多；差不多
- His ideas were pretty much ignored at the meeting.会上他的观点大多被忽略了。
- It is pretty much the same color.这差不多是同一种颜色。
- The engine is pretty well shot. [=the engine is almost completely useless]发动机差不多完蛋了。
- “Are you finished yet?” “Pretty much.” [=just about]“你完成了吗？”“差不多了。”
sit pretty
3 pretty /ˈprɪti/ verb
pretties; prettied; prettying
3 pretty
/ˈprɪti/
verb
pretties; prettied; prettying
Learner's definition of PRETTY
[+ object]
: to make (something) pretty装饰；装点；使漂亮 — usually + up
- She prettied the cake with icing, sprinkles, and nuts.她用糖霜、糖屑和坚果装点蛋糕。
- The curtains pretty up the room.窗帘使房间增色。
- Landscapers prettied the park up with flowers and bushes.园林设计师用花和灌木装点了公园。
prettier; prettiest
Using Pretty as an Adverb: Usage Guide
Some handbooks complain that pretty is overworked and recommend the selection of a more specific word or advise that pretty should be restricted to informal or colloquial contexts. Pretty is used to tone down a statement and is in wide use across the whole spectrum of English. It is common in informal speech and writing but is neither rare nor wrong in serious discourse
he may, if he be pretty well off or clever, qualify himself as a doctor 
G. B. Shaw
G. B. Shaw a return to those traditions of American foreign policy which worked pretty well for over a century H. S. Commager
H. S. Commager the arguments for buying expensive books have to be pretty cogent — The Times Literary Supplement (London)
plural pretties
prettied; prettying
Synonyms
Adjective
- agreeable
- blessed
- blest
- congenial
- darling
- delectable
- delicious
- delightful
- delightsome
- dreamy
- dulcet
- enjoyable
- felicitous
- good
- grateful
- gratifying
- heavenly
- jolly
- luscious
- nice
- palatable
- pleasant
- pleasing
- pleasurable
- satisfying
- savory
- savoury
- sweet
- tasty
- welcome
Adverb
- enough
- fairly
- kind of
- kindly [chiefly Southern]
- like
- moderately
- more or less
- quite
- rather
- relatively
- something
- somewhat
- sort of
Verb
- adorn
- array
- beautify
- bedeck
- bedizen
- blazon
- caparison
- deck
- decorate
- do
- do up
- doll up
- drape
- dress
- embellish
- emblaze
- emboss
- enrich
- fancify
- fancy up
- festoon
- garnish
- glitz (up)
- grace
- gussy up
- ornament
- trim
Example Sentences
Adjective This white shape stood apart by the hedge alone. From her position he knew it to be the pretty maiden with whom he had not danced. Trifling as the matter was, he yet instinctively felt that she was hurt by his oversight. Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 1891 Darcy, on the contrary, had seen a collection of people in whom there was little beauty and no fashion, for none of whom he had felt the smallest interest, and from none received either attention or pleasure. Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813 He made a pretty profit selling his antique car. She received a pretty sum of money. Adverb By taunting the police, beating drums and throwing rocks, the rioters make it pretty clear that they want not a rational debate but the world's attention … Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2001 … I could pretty much go wherever I felt a story led … Roy Blount, Jr., New York Times Book Review, 9 Mar. 1986 … regards most of us as pretty irrevocably plunged in illusion. Iris Murdoch, The Fire and the Sun, 1977 The reflected radiance served to show, pretty distinctly, the aspect and arrangement of the room which Hepzibah entered, after descending the stairs. Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of Seven Gables, 1851 “Did you put the keys on the table?” “I'm pretty sure I did.” The teams are pretty equally matched. The work is pretty hard. I have to leave pretty soon. The movie was pretty good but not great. They've accomplished some pretty amazing things. She was driving pretty fast. Verb She prettied the cake with icing, sprinkles, and nuts. See More
Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 1891 Darcy, on the contrary, had seen a collection of people in whom there was little beauty and no fashion, for none of whom he had felt the smallest interest, and from none received either attention or pleasure. Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much. Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, 1813 He made a pretty profit selling his antique car. She received a pretty sum of money. Adverb By taunting the police, beating drums and throwing rocks, the rioters make it pretty clear that they want not a rational debate but the world's attention … Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2001 … I could pretty much go wherever I felt a story led … Roy Blount, Jr., New York Times Book Review, 9 Mar. 1986 … regards most of us as pretty irrevocably plunged in illusion. Iris Murdoch, The Fire and the Sun, 1977 The reflected radiance served to show, pretty distinctly, the aspect and arrangement of the room which Hepzibah entered, after descending the stairs. Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of Seven Gables, 1851 “Did you put the keys on the table?” “I'm pretty sure I did.” The teams are pretty equally matched. The work is pretty hard. I have to leave pretty soon. The movie was pretty good but not great. They've accomplished some pretty amazing things. She was driving pretty fast. Verb She prettied the cake with icing, sprinkles, and nuts. See More Recent Examples on the Web Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 Even though my manicure has completely chipped down to horrendous flecks of holographic teal, Camo peers down at them and tells me the color is pretty — as if my nails are also a purposeful aesthetic choice. Devon Abelman, Allure, 1 Sep. 2022 The new cast is pretty, but vacant, and the plot lines are weird and dull, sinking the reboot like a lead balloon on the steps of the Met. Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022 The result isn’t pretty: On a year-over-year basis, existing home sales and new home sales are down 20.2% and 29.6%, respectively. Lance Lambert, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022 Every work of art that hangs on a museum wall has a story behind it, and that story isn’t always pretty. Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2022 Anyone looking for their new go-to swimsuit needs to check out Amazon's secret Outlet store that's bursting with bright, pretty, and fun bathing suits — and picks are up to 50 percent off right now. Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com, 24 Apr. 2022 The game wasn’t pretty, and didn’t feature many of either team’s key players. Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022 The sight is not pretty and gives good reason why politicians, and politics generally, are often held in richly deserved contempt by many Americans. Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Evan Romano, Men's Health, 11 Sep. 2022 Thursday looks pretty good, too, as mostly sunny and dry conditions continue. Molly Robey, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022 Suze: There’s a ton of Suze competitors, and most of them are pretty good. Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2022 Watch out, because this offense can be pretty good. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 Luckily for us, Morgan is pretty good with a brush. Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 Annoying news content also shows up in the new tab page in Microsoft Edge (which is pretty good otherwise). Justin Pot, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 There’s a pretty good chance the best player on Hillary Park’s Grossmont High girl tennis team is — coach Hillary Park. Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 The Bears looked pretty good in a win over UC Davis and have a chance to move to 2-0 before a Week 3 game at Notre Dame. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2020 Most people seem to agree — the bartenders have a habit of making the drinks in a pretty row at the bar, in the style of the Irish coffee pros at Buena Vista Cafe. Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2019 That was 2013 and the beginning of the time when models who weren’t cookie-cutter-pretty were getting booked. Amanda Fitzsimons, Glamour, 1 June 2018 For my mom, who still keeps her recipes on index cards, this beyond-pretty box. Meredith Rollins, Redbook, 1 Dec. 2013 Pretty late in the game for a free agent to be looking for a new ride. Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2017 Wick’s Pizza, 12717 Shelbyville Road, 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 (Prism Petals); 975 Baxter Ave., 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 19 (Pretty Plumes). The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2017 Pretty says he's known for having a sense of humor on his spots, and people seeing it all over the country wouldn't be aware of that. Luke O'neil, Esquire, 29 June 2017 Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2020 In other words, despite the gaping asymmetries of information between the industry and the public, brokerages still shell out big-time to pretty up their BrokerCheck reputations. Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2020 While all real estate is local, as the saying goes, the one constant is that February is the month when the spring market looms and sellers nationwide begin prettying their properties and readying them to list. Katy Mclaughlin, WSJ, 20 Feb. 2020 Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa—what kind of animal spends all their waking hours prettying up their vehicle and then stores it in the air? Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2019 The backdrop of drab civic office buildings is being prettied up with dozens of massive murals from some of the city’s resident artists. Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2019 The use of filters can help signal a benign post: People don’t tend to pretty up their victimizing. Katy Steinmetz, Time, 8 July 2019 The Ugly Other games that are not as beautifulVerdict: Lots of stuff to do and pretty things to look at, but few fresh ideas. Daniel Starkey, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2018 One of the ideas envisioned by Vivo is to take in a full body scan of a person and then feed that information to a beautification AI that would more intelligently and proportionately pretty you up. Vlad Savov, The Verge, 27 June 2018 See More
Adjective
But that was not pretty, The effort is there, not the execution. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022 Even though my manicure has completely chipped down to horrendous flecks of holographic teal, Camo peers down at them and tells me the color is pretty — as if my nails are also a purposeful aesthetic choice. Devon Abelman, Allure, 1 Sep. 2022 The new cast is pretty, but vacant, and the plot lines are weird and dull, sinking the reboot like a lead balloon on the steps of the Met. Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022 The result isn’t pretty: On a year-over-year basis, existing home sales and new home sales are down 20.2% and 29.6%, respectively. Lance Lambert, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022 Every work of art that hangs on a museum wall has a story behind it, and that story isn’t always pretty. Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2022 Anyone looking for their new go-to swimsuit needs to check out Amazon's secret Outlet store that's bursting with bright, pretty, and fun bathing suits — and picks are up to 50 percent off right now. Sanah Faroke, PEOPLE.com, 24 Apr. 2022 The game wasn’t pretty, and didn’t feature many of either team’s key players. Omar Kelly, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022 The sight is not pretty and gives good reason why politicians, and politics generally, are often held in richly deserved contempt by many Americans. Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022 Adverb
Hawk is on the side of the good guys and seems to be a pretty good kid again. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 11 Sep. 2022 Thursday looks pretty good, too, as mostly sunny and dry conditions continue. Molly Robey, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022 Suze: There’s a ton of Suze competitors, and most of them are pretty good. Jason O'bryan, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2022 Watch out, because this offense can be pretty good. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 Luckily for us, Morgan is pretty good with a brush. Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 Annoying news content also shows up in the new tab page in Microsoft Edge (which is pretty good otherwise). Justin Pot, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 There’s a pretty good chance the best player on Hillary Park’s Grossmont High girl tennis team is — coach Hillary Park. Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 The Bears looked pretty good in a win over UC Davis and have a chance to move to 2-0 before a Week 3 game at Notre Dame. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 Noun
This drive along the northern New England coast takes just over three hours, but is filled with charm: think endless beaches, fishing harbors, artist colonies, and postcard-pretty villages clinging to the edge of the water. Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 June 2020 Most people seem to agree — the bartenders have a habit of making the drinks in a pretty row at the bar, in the style of the Irish coffee pros at Buena Vista Cafe. Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 29 Aug. 2019 That was 2013 and the beginning of the time when models who weren’t cookie-cutter-pretty were getting booked. Amanda Fitzsimons, Glamour, 1 June 2018 For my mom, who still keeps her recipes on index cards, this beyond-pretty box. Meredith Rollins, Redbook, 1 Dec. 2013 Pretty late in the game for a free agent to be looking for a new ride. Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2017 Wick’s Pizza, 12717 Shelbyville Road, 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 (Prism Petals); 975 Baxter Ave., 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 19 (Pretty Plumes). The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2017 Pretty says he's known for having a sense of humor on his spots, and people seeing it all over the country wouldn't be aware of that. Luke O'neil, Esquire, 29 June 2017 Verb
Like other quarantine micro-trends—sourdough starters, for one—the drink grew popular online for being both easy to make and pretty to photograph. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2020 In other words, despite the gaping asymmetries of information between the industry and the public, brokerages still shell out big-time to pretty up their BrokerCheck reputations. Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2020 While all real estate is local, as the saying goes, the one constant is that February is the month when the spring market looms and sellers nationwide begin prettying their properties and readying them to list. Katy Mclaughlin, WSJ, 20 Feb. 2020 Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa—what kind of animal spends all their waking hours prettying up their vehicle and then stores it in the air? Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2019 The backdrop of drab civic office buildings is being prettied up with dozens of massive murals from some of the city’s resident artists. Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2019 The use of filters can help signal a benign post: People don’t tend to pretty up their victimizing. Katy Steinmetz, Time, 8 July 2019 The Ugly Other games that are not as beautifulVerdict: Lots of stuff to do and pretty things to look at, but few fresh ideas. Daniel Starkey, Ars Technica, 4 Oct. 2018 One of the ideas envisioned by Vivo is to take in a full body scan of a person and then feed that information to a beautification AI that would more intelligently and proportionately pretty you up. Vlad Savov, The Verge, 27 June 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, and Verb
Middle English praty, prety, from Old English prættig tricky, from prætt trick; akin to Old Norse prettr trick
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adverb
1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1868, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of pretty was before the 12th century Phrases Containing pretty
adjective
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