Inflected forms: pret·ti·er, pret·ti·est 1. Pleasing or attractive in a graceful or delicate way. See synonyms at beautiful. 2. Clever; adroit: a pretty maneuver.3. Very bad; terrible: in a pretty predicament; a situation that has reached a pretty pass.4. Ostensibly or superficially attractive but lacking substance or conviction: full of pretty phrases.5.Informal Considerable in size or extent: a pretty fortune.
ADVERB:
1. To a fair degree; moderately: a pretty good student.2. In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly.
NOUN:
Inflected forms: pl. pret·ties 1. One that is pretty. 2.pretties Delicate clothing, especially lingerie.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: pret·tied, pret·ty·ing, pret·ties To make pretty: pretty up the house.
IDIOM:
pretty much For the most part; mostly: “The . . . matter was pretty much dying down” (John Strahinich).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English prety, clever, fine, handsome, from Old English prættig, cunning, from prætt, trick.
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