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pretty

/ˈpɹɪti/

An illustration for pretty

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)

pretty: meaning, pronunciation and examples · Toofey