| Pretty (pretty) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Pret"ty |
| [Compar. Prettier (?);
superl. Prettiest.] [OE. prati, AS.
prættig, prætig, crafty, sly, akin to
præt, prætt, deceit, t |
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.
Moderately large; considerable; as, he had
saved a pretty fortune.
Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill
sense.
Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used
ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty
fellow.
Stout; strong and brave; intrepid;
valiant.
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| Pretty (pretty) |
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| adv. | (?) |
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| Pret"ty |
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In some degree;
moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than
very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty
cold weather.
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