Definitions for pretty
ˈprɪt ipret·ty

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. pretty(adj)

   pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

   "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"

2. pretty(adverb)

   (used ironically) unexpectedly bad

   "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"

3. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably(adverb)

   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"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. pretty(Noun)

   Something that is pretty.

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

2. pretty(Verb)

   To make pretty; to beautify

3. pretty(Adverb)

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

4. pretty(Adjective)

   Cunning; clever, skilful.

5. pretty(Adjective)

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

6. pretty(Adjective)

   Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.

7. pretty(Adjective)

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

8. pretty(Adjective)

   Moderately large; considerable.

9. pretty(Adjective)

   Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).

10. pretty(Adjective)

    Awkward, unpleasant.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Pretty

   moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune

3. Pretty

   affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense

4. Pretty

   mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow

5. Pretty

   stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant

6. Pretty(adverb)

   in some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather

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1. Pretty

   Pretty is a television advertisement launched in 2006 by Nike, Inc. to promote its Nike Women brand of sportswear. The 60-second spot was handled by advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy in Portland, Oregon. The advert stars Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova in her first appearance as a spokesperson for the brand. Pretty debuted on U.S. television on August 20, 2006, with later appearances in cinemas and in print advertisements. It was directed by Czech director Ivan Zacharias, with post-production and VFX work by The Mill. The piece was a critical and popular success. It garnered several prestigious awards from the advertising and television industries, including two Cannes Gold Lions and a Gold Effie Award.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Pretty

   pret′i, adj. tasteful: pleasing to the eye: having attractive but not striking beauty: neat: beautiful without dignity: small: affected: moderately large, considerable: puny, weak (a term of endearment): (in contempt) fine: (obs.) shrewd, cunning: (obs.) strong, warlike.—adv. in some degree: moderately.—v.t. Prett′ify, to make pretty in an excessively ornamental way.—adv. Prett′ily, in a pretty manner: pleasingly: elegantly: neatly.—n. Prett′iness.—adj. Prett′yish, somewhat pretty.—n. Prett′ypretty (coll.), a knick-knack.—adj. Prett′y-spō′ken, speaking or spoken prettily.—Pretty much, very nearly. [A.S. prættig, tricky—prætt, trickery; prob. Low L. practicus—Gr. praktikos—prattein, to do.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pretty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2435

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pretty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #765

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pretty' in Adverbs Frequency: #166

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pretty' in Adjectives Frequency: #445

How to pronounce pretty?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say pretty in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pretty in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pretty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of pretty in a Sentence

1. Eleanor Taylor Jolidon:

   We are noticing revisions for earnings and GDP in Europe which are pretty negative, as opposed to the more positive revisions from the U.S., based on earnings growth but also clearly on tech stocks.

2. John Green:

   Did you know that for pretty much the entire history of the human species, the average life span was less than thirty years? You could count on ten years or so of real adulthood, right? There was no planning for retirement. There was no planning for a career. There was no planning. No time for planning. No time for future. But then the life spans started getting longer, and people started having more and more future, and so they spent more time thinking about it. About the future. And now life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future --you go to high school so you can go to college so you can get a good job so you can get a nice house so you can afford to send your kids to college so they can get a good job so they can get a nice house so they can afford to send their kids to college.

3. Roger Stone:

   Well, first of all, I don't want to intimate in anyway that I control or have influence with Julian Assange because I do not, we have a mutual friend, somebody we both trust and therefore I am a recipient of pretty good information.

4. Tom Watson:

   The anticipation is getting closer and closer to my final Open championship and it's going to be a very special time, i feel maybe a little bit melancholy but the memories of all the years playing in the Open will make it pretty happy. I've had a wonderful experience playing here in the Open for these last 40 years.

5. Pete Carroll:

   You guys kept talking about how you can't do this, can't get to this point again ... and we just did it. We will see how we do in the playoffs. We got back to division champs and that is pretty rare. I'm really proud of that.

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