Complete Definition of "pretty"

English
rank|happy|hours|clear|511|pretty|except|sound|didn't

Pronunciation
IPA|/'prɪ.ti/
SAMPA|/"prI.ti/
audio|en-us-pretty.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪti|-ɪti

Etymology
OE. prættig

Adjective
wikipedia
en-adj|pretti|er

  1. pleasant|Pleasant in sight or other senses.
  2. Beautiful but hiding a vacuous mind inside-a pretty face
  3. Unfunctional or supposedly so. pretty buttons
  4. Unpleasant in some cases-pretty state of affairs

Translations
trans-top|pleasant to see
Arabic: Arab|ج��� IPAchar|(jamīl)
Catalan: bonic
Chinese: �亮 (piàoliang)
Dutch: mooi
Finnish: sievä
French: joli
German: hübsch, schön
Greek: ��αίο� (oréyos) m, �μο��ο� (ómorfos) m
Hebrew: �ר�צ� (meruze)
Hungarian: csinos
Irish: deas
Italian: grazioso, carino
Japanese: 綺�� (����, kirei na), ���� (puriti)
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Korean: �� (yeppeun)
Latin: pulchrum
Polish: �adny
Portuguese: bonito
Punjabi: (sohniya)
Romanian: dr�guţ m, dr�guţ� f
Russian: �о�о�ен�кий (xoróšen�kij)
Slovene lep
Spanish: guapo, bonito, precioso
Swedish: vacker, fin, skön (older form)
Tagalog: maganda
Yiddish: שײ� (sheyn}
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Adverb
en-adv|-

  1. Pleasant
  2. somewhat, fairly, quite

#: "It's pretty good" generally indicates that the subject is better than merely "acceptable", but not superlative.

Translations
Finnish: aika
French: pas mal
Spanish: bastante
Swedish: ganska, rätt så (informal)

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