6. (adv.)pretty fairly or moderately: a pretty good time.
7. pretty quite; very: The wind blew pretty hard.
8. pretty Informal. prettily.
9. (v.t.)pretty to make pretty in appearance: to pretty up a room.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME prati(e), pratte, prettie cunning, gallant, fine, pretty, OE prættig, prettī cunning, der. of præmacr;tt a trick, wile (c. D part, pret trick, prank, ON prettr trick, prettugr tricky))
Definition of 'pretty'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)pretty pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"
2. (adverb)pretty (used ironically) unexpectedly bad "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
3. (adverb)reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably to a moderately sufficient extent or degree "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
1. (adjective)pretty (of a person, especially a girl or woman) very attractive a pretty young woman; She's very pretty.
2. pretty (of a place or thing) nice to look at or listen to a pretty little town; The waves look pretty in the sunlight.; a pretty song
3. pretty not a pretty sight used to say humorously that sth is not attractive, happy, or successful All those big football fans crying - it was not a pretty sight.
4. (adverb)pretty fairly, quite The test was pretty hard.; It was a pretty good show.
5. pretty pretty much/well almost We're pretty much done.
Definition of 'pretty'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adverb)pretty in some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty coldweather
2. pretty 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
3. pretty moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune
4. pretty affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense
5. pretty mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow
6. pretty stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant
Definitions of pretty 
Afrikaans: mooi
Arabic: ظَريفَه، جَذّابَه، وَسيمَ
Bulgarian: хубав
Brazilian: bonito
Czech: půvabný
German: hübsch
Danish: køn; pæn
Greek: χαριτωμένος, ευχάριστος
Spanish: bonito, lindo
Estonian: kena
Farsi: قشنگ؛ با نمک
Finnish: sievä
French: joli
Hebrew: יָפָה
Hindi: मनोहर
Croatian: zgodan, lijep
Hungarian: csinos
Indonesian: cantik
Icelandic: laglegur, sætur
Italian: carino, grazioso
Japanese: かわいい
Korean: 예쁜
Lithuanian: gražus, dailus, puikus
Latvian: glīts; jauks
Malay: cantik
Dutch: mooi
Norwegian: pen, nydelig, fin
Polish: ładny
Persian: قشنگ؛ با نمک
Pashto: ښكلى
Portuguese: bonito
Romanian: drăguţ
Russian: хорошенький; симпатичный
Slovak: pôvabný
Slovenian: čeden
Serbian: lep
Swedish: söt, fin, näpen
Thai: สวย
Turkish: güzel
Taiwanese: 悅人的，漂亮的
Ukrainian: гарненький, миловидний
Urdu: دل کش، خوش نما
Vietnamese: xinh xắn; đẹp
Chinese: 悦人的，漂亮的
