Definition of pretties Pretties

/pɹɪˈtiz/ - [priteez] -

We found 3 definitions of pretties from 2 different sources.

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What does pretties mean?

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  • pretties (Noun)
    Plural of pretty.

Part of speech

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  • pretties, verb, present, 3rd person singular of pretty (infinitive).
  • pretties, noun, plural of pretty.

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

pretty, prettier, prettiest

pretty - pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room"
  beautiful delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party"
pretty - (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish"
  bad feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • pretty (superl.)
    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.
  • pretty (superl.)
    Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.
  • pretty (superl.)
    Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense.
  • pretty (superl.)
    Mean; despicable; contemptible; -- used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
  • pretty (superl.)
    Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
  • pretty (adv.)
    In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • pretty
    Pleasant in sight.
  • pretty
    Pleasing or appealing to the senses.
  • pretty
    Pleasant to look at, especially as conforming to ideals of form and proportion.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • pretty
    pret′i, adj. tasteful: pleasing to the eye: having attractive but not striking beauty: neat: beautiful without dignity: small: affected: moderately large, considerable: puny, weak (a term of endearment): (in contempt) fine: (obs.) shrewd, cunning: (obs.) strong, warlike.—adv. in some degree: moderately.—v.t. Prett′ify, to make pretty in an excessively ornamental way.—adv. Prett′ily, in a pretty manner: pleasingly: elegantly: neatly.—n. Prett′iness.—adj. Prett′yish, somewhat pretty.—n. Prett′ypretty (coll.), a knick-knack.—adj. Prett′y-spō′ken, speaking or spoken prettily.—Pretty much, very nearly. [A.S. prættig, tricky—prætt, trickery; prob. Low L. practicus—Gr. praktikosprattein, to do.]

Part of speech

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  • pretty, verb, present, 1st person singular of pretty (infinitive).
  • pretty, verb (infinitive).
  • pretty, noun, singular of pretties.
  • pretty, adjective.

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