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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' superl.) Mean; despicable; contemptible; - used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' superl.) [[Moderately]] large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' superl.) Affectedly nice; foppish; - used in an ill sense. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' superl.) Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' adv.) In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; - less emphatic than very; as, [[I]] am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:34, 13 October 2021
Pretty [1]
(1): ( superl.) Mean; despicable; contemptible; - used ironically; as, a pretty trick; a pretty fellow.
(2): ( 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.
(3): ( superl.) Moderately large; considerable; as, he had saved a pretty fortune.
(4): ( superl.) Affectedly nice; foppish; - used in an ill sense.
(5): ( superl.) Stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant.
(6): ( adv.) In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; - less emphatic than very; as, I am pretty sure of the fact; pretty cold weather.
