pretty /pritˈi/

1. (usu of women and girls) facially attractive, esp in a feminine way
2. Attractively small, neat, dainty or graceful
3. Charming to look at, decorative
4. (of music, sound, etc) delicately melodious
5. Superficially attractive or insipidly charming only, lacking striking beauty or distinction
6. Tricky, clever
7. Ingenious
8. Grand, fine (esp ironic)
9. Commendable
10. Neat
11. Stalwart (archaic or Scot)
12. Considerable, substantial

1. A pretty thing or person
2. A knick-knack
3. The fairway of a golf course (old)
4. The fluted part of a glass

1. Fairly
2. Rather
3. Very, extremely
4. Prettily (informal or dialect)

(with up) to prettify

prettificāˈtion noun

prettˈify transitive verb

To make pretty in an excessively ornamental or over-dainty way

prettˈily adverb

1. In a pretty manner
2. Pleasingly
3. Elegantly
4. Neatly

prettˈiness noun

1. The quality of being pretty
2. An instance of the quality
3. A prettyism

prettˈyish adjective

Somewhat pretty

prettˈyism noun

Trivial daintiness of style or an instance of it

pretty-prettˈiness noun

pretty-prettˈy noun (pl pretty-prettˈies) (informal)

A knick-knack

adjective

Insipidly pretty, over-pretty or over-dainty

prettˈy-spoken adjective

Speaking or spoken prettily

a pretty penny

A large sum of money

only pretty Fanny's way

Only what must be expected and accepted of the person (coined by Irish poet Thomas Parnell)

pretty much

More or less

pretty nearly

Almost

pretty well

Almost, more or less

sitting pretty

1. Enjoying one's advantageous position
2. Happily unaffected by problems besetting others

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