pretty

pret|ty1 [ `prıti ] adverb MAINLY SPOKEN ***

1. ) fairly:

My TV's getting pretty old now.

Todd looks pretty tired.

2. ) very:

The weather is pretty awful, isn't it?

pretty good: I can see they've done a pretty good job of it.

pretty much/well/near

almost:

They look pretty much the same, don't they?

I can pretty well guarantee that he'll be back in time.

pretty

pret|ty 2 [ `prıti ] adjective **

1. ) a pretty girl or woman is good-looking in a fairly ordinary way and has a nice face. Beautiful is a stronger word, used to describe someone who is unusually attractive and has perfect good looks:

He has a very pretty wife.

a ) a pretty boy or young man is attractive in a way that is more typical of a girl or woman:

The band seemed to be just another bunch of pretty boys with no talent.

2. ) a pretty place, building, or object is attractive, especially in a delicate way, but not really beautiful or impressive:

That's a very pretty dress you're wearing.

It's one of the prettiest villages on the south coast.

a pretty little cottage

be sitting pretty INFORMAL

to be in a good situation, especially when other people are not

cost a pretty penny OLD-FASHIONED

to cost a lot of money

not just a pretty face SPOKEN or not just another pretty face

used for emphasizing that someone is intelligent or skillful as well as being attractive

not a pretty sight OFTEN HUMOROUS

used for saying that something is very unpleasant to look at:

This kind of injury is really not a pretty sight.

pretty as a picture OLD-FASHIONED

very pretty

╾ pret|ti|ness noun uncount