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pretty

[prit-ee] / ˈprɪt i /




Usage

What are other ways to say pretty? Pretty implies a moderate but noticeable beauty, emphasizing gracefulness or delicacy: a pretty flower. A person or thing that is beautiful has perfection of form, color, etc., or noble and spiritual qualities: a beautiful landscape, a beautiful woman. Handsome often implies stateliness or pleasing proportion and symmetry: a handsome man. That which is lovely is beautiful but in a warm and endearing way: a lovely smile. 

Example Sentences

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He found that over the years “my predictions held up pretty well, though overall I was a little too optimistic.”

From Los Angeles Times

Catherine Shuttleworth, owner of marketing agency Savvy, said Next had enjoyed good sales "in a time where consumer confidence has been pretty suppressed".

From BBC

Released in September, it lit a rocket under their career, featuring at the top of multiple best of 2025 lists, which DiGesu, 23, says is "pretty weird and new for us."

From BBC

“Is his case just gonna be based on the testimony of sources and cooperators, which is pretty much what it was in President Hernandez’s case?”

From Los Angeles Times

That seems like a pretty good investment to me.

From MarketWatch