Meaning of pretty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
2. pretty, cute
3. nice, lovely, sweet, fine, charming, great
4. Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing.
5. To make pretty: pretty up the house.
6. tuna; bonito
7. Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty.
   derogatory, often
8. For the most part; mostly: "The ... matter was pretty much dying down" (John Strahinich).
9. skipjack
10. Effeminate.
    UK, derogatory, sometimes
11. To some extent:fairly, rather.
12. Cunning; clever, skilful.
13. rather. That's pretty good; He's pretty old now. nogal إلى حدٍ ما доста bastante dosti, docela ziemlich ret αρκετάbastante üsna نسبتاً melko assez, plutôtלמעשה बहुत कुछ, पर्याप्त मात्रा में prilično eléggé agak frekar, nokkuð abbastanza; piuttosto かなり 상당히 gana, ganėtinai diezgan; visai agak vrijganske, temmeligdość نسبتاً bastante destul de довольно dosť precej prilično rätt, ganska ค่อนข้าง oldukça, epeyce 相當 доволі, досить خاصا khá 相当
14. Moderately large; considerable.
    dated
15. mooi بِظرافَه، بِجاذِبِيَّه хубаво lindamente pěkně hübsch pænt; nydeligt όμορφαlindamente kenasti با قشنگی nätisti jolimentדי आकर्षक ढंग से lijepo, dražesno kedvesen, csinosan dengan indahnya laglega graziosamente, bene かわいらしく 예쁘게 gražiai glīti; jauki cantik mooipent, nydelig, nettładnie په ښكلا سره lindamente drăgălaş красиво pekne ljubko lepo sött, fint, näpet อย่างน่ารัก güzelce 優美地 гарно, привабливо خوش اسلوبي سے một cách duyên dáng 优美地
16. Excellent, commendable, pleasing; fitting or proper (of actions, thoughts etc.).
    dated
17. mooiheid جاذِبِيَّه، ظَرافَه، وَسامَه хубост lindeza půvab die Hübschheit pænhed; nydeligt udseende ομορφιάbelleza, guapura kenadus قشنگی sievyys joliesseיופי मनोहरता, रमणीयता ljepota, dražest kedvesség, bájosság, csinosság kecantikan fríðleiki graziosità かわいらしさ 예쁨 gražumas glītums; piemīlība; jaukums kecantikan schoonheidpenheturoda ښكلا lindeza drăgălăşenie привлекательность; миловидность pôvab ljubkost lepota söthet, finhet, näpenhet ความน่ารัก güzellik 漂亮 привабливість دل کشي، حسن sự duyê...
18. Awkward, unpleasant, bad.
    ironic
19. more or less the same, alike etc. so te sê dieselfde مُتَشابِهان، نَفْس الشيء горе-долу същото mais ou menos o mesmo skoro totéž so ziemlich dasselbe næsten σχεδόν το ίδιο más o menos lo mismo peaaegu sama شبیه pitkälti sama à peu près pareil כמעט बहुत ज्यादा to je uglavnom isto nagyjából ugyanaz serupa nokkurn veginn eins (quasi lo stesso) ほゞ同じ 거의 같은 beveik toks pats, labai panašus gandrīz tāpat/tikpat; visai līdzīgi lebih kurang sama min of meer hetzelfde, gelijk mer eller mindre like całki...
    etc
20. Matching commonly accepted principles of formatting and syntax, for the sake of readability.
21. nearly. I've pretty well finished. nogal goed تَقريبا почти quase skoro fast næsten σχεδόνcasi samahästi kui تقریباً lähes à peu prèsכמעט बहुत कुछ dosta dobro jóformán hampir nærri því quasi ほとんど 대체로 beveik gandrīz hampir zo goed alsnesten, omtrentprawie څه نا څه quase aproape почти skoro skoraj skoro nästan เกือบจะ hemen hemen, neredeyse 就要(完成了)，接近 майже تقريباً gần như 就要（完成了），接近
22. Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way. See Synonyms at beautiful.
23. Clever; adroit: a pretty maneuver.

Equivalents

Examples

“Having brought it to a close, he took his way to the Kursaal. The great German watering-place is one of the prettiest nooks in Europe, and of a summer evening in the gaming days, five-and-twenty years ago, it was one of the most brilliant scenes.”

“Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week”

“The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.”

“To escape a violent beating from sailors to whom he has sold a non-functioning car, Jerry takes his stepfamily for a holiday in a trailer park miles away, where, miraculously, young Nick meets a very pretty young woman called Sheeni, played by Portia Doubleday.”

“Some fans may have mistaken the album’s floatiness for aimlessness, but Mr. Mercer’s songs have never been sneakier, or prettier.”

“'Petit Posy' brassicas […] are a cross between kale and brussels sprouts, and are really very pretty with a mild, sweet taste.”

“Damned by the Socialists as "traitors to the working class," its leaders were decried by Tories as "faceless peddlers of politics with a pretty little trinket for every taste."”

“In the end, however, it was a very pretty shot, right across the chasm; killed first fire, and the brute fell headlong into the brook […].”

“they flung all the goods in the house out at the windows into the street, or into the sea, as they supposed; thus they continued mad a pretty season […].”

“"What did you do to your hair?" The answer could be worth a pretty penny for L'Oreal.”

“Some people are surprised, I believe, that that the eldest was not [named after his father], but Isabella would have him named Henry, which I thought very pretty of her.”

“‘This new fashion of introducing the candidate's children into an election contest is a pretty one,’ said Mrs. Panstreppon; ‘it takes away something from the acerbity of party warfare, and it makes an interesting experience for the children to look back on in after years.’”

“"Oh, Jake." Brett said, "we could have had such a damned good time together." Ahead was a mounted policeman in khaki directing traffic. He raised his baton. The car slowed suddenly pressing Brett against me. "Yes", I said. "Isn't it pretty to think so?"”

“"Nay, not I; it is a pretty thing to expect me to wash them; you may take them back again, and say, as Sally had them before, she may wash them now, for me; I am not going to be 'Jack at a pinch,' I can tell you."”

“[A] pretty thing it would be, if a man of business had to examine every cab-horse before he hired it—[…]”

“‘You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Marjorie Lindon, to even think such nonsense. Are you all nerves and morbid imaginings,—you who have prided yourself on being so strong-minded! A pretty sort you are to do battle for anyone.—Why, they’re only make-believes!’”

“His sadistic self-torturings finally landed him in a pretty mess: still completely married, practically sure he was in love with Tillie, he made dishonorable proposals of marriage to two other women.”

“"[…] you can still see where the kid's face is swollen up from this talk: couple of black eyes, lip all busted up, nose over sideways," Driscoll shook his head again, "just a real pretty picture."”

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