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Pretty

ˈprɪti

Pretty definitions

adjective

Inflections:

prettier prettiest pretty

(of a person, especially a woman or child) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful

"a pretty little girl with an engaging grin"

Synonyms:
attractive lovely good-looking nice-looking fetching prepossessing appealing charming delightful nice engaging pleasing
- (of a thing) pleasing to the eye or the ear
  
  "a pretty summer dress"
used ironically to express annoyance or displeasure

"he led me a pretty dance"

adverb

Inflections:

pretty

to a moderately high degree; fairly

"he looked pretty fit for his age"

Synonyms:
quite rather somewhat fairly reasonably moderately comparatively relatively tolerably passably adequately satisfactorily decently respectably

noun

Inflections:

pretties pretty

an attractive thing, especially a trinket

"he buys her lots of pretties—bangles and rings"
- used to refer in a condescending way to an attractive person
  
  "six pretties in sequined leotards"

verb

Inflections:

pretties prettying prettied pretty

make pretty or attractive

"she'll be all prettied up and ready to go in an hour"

Synonyms:
beautify make attractive make pretty prettify pretty up adorn ornament embellish smarten glamorize prink preen primp