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   pretty

   /ˈprɪti/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person, especially a woman or child) attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful: "a pretty little girl with an engaging grin"
   • ▪ (of a thing) pleasing to the eye or the ear: "a pretty summer dress"
   • 2. used ironically to express annoyance or displeasure: informal "he led me a pretty dance"

   adverb

   • 1. to a moderately high degree; fairly: informal "he looked pretty fit for his age"

   noun

   • 1. an attractive thing, especially a trinket: informal "he buys her lots of pretties—bangles and rings"
   • ▪ used to refer in a condescending way to an attractive person: informal "six pretties in sequined leotards"

   verb

   • 1. make pretty or attractive: "she'll be all prettied up and ready to go in an hour"

   Word Origin Old Englishprættig; related to Middle Dutch pertich ‘brisk, clever’, obsolete Dutch prettig ‘humorous, sporty’, from a West Germanic base meaning ‘trick’. The sense development ‘deceitful, cunning, clever, skilful, admirable, pleasing, nice’ has parallels in adjectives such as canny, fine, nice, etc.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prettily adverb
   • 2. prettiness noun
   • 3. prettyish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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2. www.thesaurus.com › browse › pretty46 Synonyms & Antonyms for PRETTY | Thesaurus.com

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   Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower. A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman.

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   Synonyms for PRETTY: relatively, quite, fairly, something, rather, somewhat, enough, moderately; Antonyms of PRETTY: very, extremely, particularly, exceedingly, highly, especially, terribly, exceptionally

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › thesaurus › prettyPRETTY - 54 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

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   A BEAUTIFUL PERSON, PAINTING, SIGHT, ETC. Your daughter is very pretty. Synonyms and examples. beautiful. I've never seen a more beautiful view in my life. attractive. Her husband is really attractive. good-looking. I think they're very good-looking. handsome. He's so handsome. gorgeous. You look gorgeous in that dress! stunning. He is stunning.

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   Find 3,616 synonyms for pretty and other similar words that you can use instead based on 15 separate contexts from our thesaurus.

6. www.powerthesaurus.org › pretty › synonymsPretty synonyms - 1 889 Words and Phrases for Pretty - Power...

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   adj. # attractiveness. Another way to say Pretty? Synonyms for Pretty (other words and phrases for Pretty).

7. thesaurus.yourdictionary.com › prettyPretty Synonyms and Antonyms - YourDictionary

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   Synonyms for PRETTY: beautiful, attractive, comely, lovely, good-looking, beauteous, fair, gorgeous, handsome, pulchritudinous, ravishing, sightly, stunning, bonny; Antonyms for PRETTY: plain, ugly, disgusting.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-thesaurusPRETTY Synonyms | Collins English Thesaurus

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   Synonyms for PRETTY in English: attractive, appealing, beautiful, sweet, lovely, charming, fair, fetching, good-looking, cute, ….