Pretty
['prɪtɪ] or ['prɪti]
Definition
(adj.) pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; 'pretty girl'; 'pretty song'; 'pretty room' .
(adj.) (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; 'a pretty mess'; 'a pretty kettle of fish' .
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Definition
(superl.) Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem.
(superl.) Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.
(superl.) Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.
(superl.) Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
(superl.) Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
(adv.) In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
Typist: Vance
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Beautiful (without dignity or grandeur), HANDSOME, elegant, comely, fine, neat, trim, fair.
ad. Moderately, tolerably, considerably, in some degree.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Handsome, attractive, neat, trim, tasteful, pleasing, beautiful, fine, comely,[See ATTRACTIVE_and_HANDSOME]
Edited by Erna
Definition
adj. tasteful: pleasing to the eye: having attractive but not striking beauty: neat: beautiful without dignity: small: affected: moderately large considerable: puny weak (a term of endearment): (in contempt) fine: (obs.) shrewd cunning: (obs.) strong warlike.—adv. in some degree: moderately.—v.t. Prett′ify to make pretty in an excessively ornamental way.—adv. Prett′ily in a pretty manner: pleasingly: elegantly: neatly.—n. Prett′iness.—adj. Prett′yish somewhat pretty.—n. Prett′ypretty (coll.) a knick-knack.—adj. Prett′y-spō′ken speaking or spoken prettily.—Pretty much very nearly.
Checker: Valerie
Examples
- Not but what myself and Micawber have our hands pretty full, in general, on account of Mr. Wickfield's being hardly fit for any occupation, sir. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I am aware that this is a pretty voluminous notice of Mr. Grimes' book. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And that opens a pretty picture of things, I hope? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was a pretty letter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- End of Penelope's evidence--and very pretty and convincing, too. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To see how pretty the Maypole looks in the moonlight? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all, added little Amy, with an injured sniff. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- What was there in this simple and somewhat pretty sleeping-closet to startle the most timid? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It must be pretty, light, ladylike, I should think? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was very pretty to look at, but seemed to have the effect of rendering surrounding objects rather darker than before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It was the prettiest and most luxurious little sitting-room I had ever seen; and I admired it with the warmest enthusiasm. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Becky laughed, gay and saucy looking, and swept the prettiest little curtsey ever seen. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She used to say yo' were the prettiest thing she'd ever clapped eyes on. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Well, I mean to ask Tom here, some day next week, said George; and you do your prettiest, Aunt Chloe, and we'll make him stare. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I'm going to the flower-show, Clack; and I've got the prettiest bonnet in London. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She is the prettiest and most engaging little fairy in the world. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She was very tiny, and had the prettiest little innocent face, the silkiest long ears, the finest dark eyes in the world. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Hang it, one has a grudge against a man who carries off the prettiest girl in the town. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Which lady here do you think prettiest? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It does not signify what he is doing; that very thing is prettiest, gracefulest, best. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Is its colour any prettier, or its scent any sweeter, when you DO know? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But, when we went into the room, and it turned pale, she was ten thousand times prettier yet. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Miss Crawford thought she had never seen a prettier consciousness. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Miss Havisham would often ask me in a whisper, or when we were alone, Does she grow prettier and prettier, Pip? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There isn't a prettier drink under the sun. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Abroad, said Miss Havisham; educating for a lady; far out of reach; prettier than ever; admired by all who see her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- There may be prettier women in Europe, but I doubt it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As they went on with their supper, Lizzie tried to bring her round to that prettier and better state. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Ralph was ingenuous, genteel in his manners, and extremely eloquent; I think I never knew a prettier talker. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- And don't you know that you are prettier than you ever were? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Zeke