pretty

Pleasant to look at, often in a gentle or delicate way.

• That is a pretty dress.
• The village looked pretty in the snow.
• She chose the prettiest flowers for the table.

Similar words: attractive, lovely, beautiful

Opposites: ugly

Common phrases: pretty face, pretty dress, pretty flowers, pretty woman

To quite a large degree, though perhaps not completely.

• The test was pretty easy.
• I am pretty sure we have met before.
• She speaks English pretty well.

How to use it: pretty + adjective/adverb (The instructions are pretty clear.)

Similar words: quite, fairly, rather

Common phrases: pretty good, pretty sure, pretty well

To a very great degree.

• That noise was pretty awful.
• He was pretty furious when he saw the damage.
• You have done something pretty extraordinary.

How to use it: pretty + adjective/adverb (That was pretty amazing.)

Similar words: very, really, extremely

Common phrases: pretty amazing, pretty awful, pretty impressive

An attractive object, especially a small one that someone likes or collects.

• She picked up a shiny pretty.
• He keeps his pretties in a glass box.
• Which little pretty caught your eye?

Similar words: trinket, ornament

Common phrases: a pretty, little pretty