Pretty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Pretty	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Pretty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pretty adv to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" Synonym(s): reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably Antonym(s): immoderately, unreasonably adj pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room" (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pretty \Pret"ty\, adv. In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather. Pretty plainly professes himself a sincere Christian. --Atterbury.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pretty \Pret"ty\, a. [Compar. {Prettier}; superl. {Prettiest}.] [OE. prati, AS. pr[91]ttig, pr[91]tig, crafty, sly, akin to pr[91]t, pr[91]tt, deceit, trickery, Icel. prettugr tricky, prettr a trick; probably fr. Latin, perhaps through Celtic; cf. W. praith act, deed, practice, LL. practica execution, practice, plot. See {Practice}.] 1. 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. This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward. --Shak. 2. Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. [bd]Wavering a pretty while.[b8] --Evelyn. 3. Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. --Spectator. 4. Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow. 5. Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. [Scot.] [He] observed they were pretty men, meaning not handsome. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: Elegant; neat; fine. See {Handsome}.