单词 | pretty much |
释义 | > as lemmaspretty much b. pretty much: almost, very nearly; more or less; (also, in early use) very much, considerably. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants vi. 292 Horse-Radish Root is not so Pungent to the Nose, but gets pretty much into the Eyes. 1699 S. Sewall Diary 24 Dec. (1973) I. 419 Our Meeting was pretty much thin'd by it. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 295. ¶4 Where the Age and Circumstances of both Parties are pretty much upon a level. 1774 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 285 These two subjects he wore thread-bare; though indeed they were pretty much fatigued, before he attacked them. 1806 D. Roe Diary 27 May (1904) 30 They got sum horsfish & that was pretty much all. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 4 The other men..lived pretty much as they did. 1937 E. C. Vivian Tramp's Evidence vii. 90 Crandon goes to bed with the dicky-birds, pretty much. 1961 ‘S. Gillespie’ Neighbour vi. 93 Her flat was pretty much what he had expected. 1996 C. Bateman Of Wee Sweetie Mice & Men xxxviii. 297 I offered McLiam a conciliatory slug of Diet Coke. It was pretty much flat anyway. < as lemmas |
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