Pretty can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.
Adjective |
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| pretty - pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing; "pretty girl"; "pretty song"; "pretty room" | ||
| pretty - (used ironically) unexpectedly bad; "a pretty mess"; "a pretty kettle of fish" | ||
Adverb |
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| pretty - Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also by meiosis very. | ||
Verb |
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| pretty - To make pretty; to beautify. | ||
Noun |
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| pretty - Something that is pretty. |
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| 1. | adj. | Pretty girl. | |
| 2. | adj. | Pretty song. | |
| 3. | adj. | Pretty room. | |
| 4. | adj. | A pretty mess. | |
| 5. | adj. | A pretty kettle of fish. | |
| 6. | adj. | The picture I described here is not pretty. | |
| 7. | adj. | Worse comes to worse, I'm out of the $$ and have to put him down anyway or have a pretty pasture ornament. | |
| 8. | adj. | Lots of "pretty people" dining inside. | |
| 9. | adj. | How do you spell "pretty"? | |
| 10. | adj. | You are not less pretty than her. | |
| 11. | adj. | It is true that she is pretty, but she is selfish. | |
| 12. | adj. | Burning the candle at both ends reduces the candle to wax in a hurry - just like a playboy having a pretty girl on each arm. | |
| 13. | adj. | The other girls are jealous of Lily because she is extremely pretty. | |
| 14. | adj. | The baby in the cradle is very pretty. | |
| 15. | adj. | Mary is a very pretty girl. |
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| Pretty girl. |
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| Pretty song. |
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| Pretty room. |
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| A pretty mess. |
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| A pretty kettle of fish. |
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| The picture I described here is not pretty. |
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| Worse comes to worse, I'm out of the $$ and have to put him down anyway or have a pretty pasture ornament. |
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| Lots of "pretty people" dining inside. |
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| How do you spell "pretty"? | |
| You are not less pretty than her. | |
| It is true that she is pretty, but she is selfish. | |
| Burning the candle at both ends reduces the candle to wax in a hurry - just like a playboy having a pretty girl on each arm. | |
| The other girls are jealous of Lily because she is extremely pretty. | |
| The baby in the cradle is very pretty. | |
| Mary is a very pretty girl. | |