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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
pretty
/ˈpɹɪti/
adjective1 of 2
being attractive to the eye in a simple way
- “The oil drain plug should be pretty easy to find.”Tatoeba
- “He may be strong physically, but he's pretty weak emotionally.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
adverb2 of 2
Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)